Full of excitement, she called out: "Just think, Martha, two strange people are coming to our house.

They are two ladies from the city, and father said that I should be glad; but I am not a bit glad, for I do not know them.

Would you be glad, Martha, if two new people suddenly came to visit you ?" The child had to take a deep breath.

She had been running fast and had spoken terribly quickly.
"Just sit down here with me, Cornelli, and get your breath again," said Martha quietly.

"I am sure that somebody is coming whom your father loves, otherwise he would not tell you to be glad.