A short time after that Matthew joined her.
"What is the matter with the child, Esther," he asked.

"She is so changed! One can hardly recognize any more our gay and friendly Cornelli.

And why does she have her hair hanging into her face that way?
One absolutely does not know her any more." "That is just what I say," Esther replied.

"I really can't understand it.

One hardly ever sees the child, and if one does meet her somewhere, she scarcely says a word.