Others in the house have noticed it, too, so Mina tells me.
Oh, what a life it will be here in two or three years.

My poor cousin with his beautiful estate! What good is that to him ?" "Many things can happen in two years that can't be foretold, Kitty, and that can change a household entirely," replied the other lady.
"For the benefit of your cousin let us hope that this may come true." Cornelli was not leaping or running, but was quietly creeping along the edge of the path.

She was staring at the ground, without once looking up at the merry birds which were whistling above her.

Not once did she glance to right or left in the meadows, though they were full of red daisies and blue forget-me-nots which Cornelli ordinarily loved to pick.
Martha saw the approaching child.

She came out with a worried face and full of sympathy asked: "What is wrong with you, Cornelli?
Can you never again be merry ?" "No, not any more," replied Cornelli, entering Martha's little chamber and sitting down on the stool which her old friend had put for her in the usual place.