Dino always assured her that he could not believe this and when Martha even asserted that Cornelli was more attractive than any child she had ever seen, Dino laughed.
"She looks exactly like a little owl," he always said.

"One can hardly see her eyes.

I should love her to come again, though," he added, for he was curious to see Cornelli when she was funny and bright, as Martha described her.
When Dino had gone to his room that evening, Martha quickly put on a better apron, took the big shawl from her cupboard, and putting it on her shoulders, went quietly out of the house and over to the Director's residence.

She looked up at the kitchen windows and saw a light there, as well as in the room that overlooked the garden.

On entering the kitchen Martha saw Esther and Miss Mina sitting down to a plentiful supper.