CHAPTER IX.
"She sees if the cloth is clean and white -- If the bed has pillows and sheets; If the candle fits in the candlestick....
"Modest she is, although you know She makes the whole of the place; And in she slips in the evening glow, To light the room with her merry face "-- OEHLENSCHLAeGER A quiet, busy house-fairy was Louise; the beautiful, fragrant flowers were her favorites.

Good-humoredly she smiled at the raillery of her sister, quietly listened to each thoughtless jest; but if any one, in joke, touched upon what was holy to her soul, she was aroused from her calmness and attained a certain eloquence.
We will now become more nearly acquainted with the sisters, and on this account pass over to one of the following days.
An abode together of a week, at a country-seat, will often bring about a greater intimacy than if, throughout a whole winter, people had met in large companies in cities.

Otto soon felt himself at home; he was treated as a near relative.

Wilhelm related all he knew of the beautiful Eva, and Sophie discovered that she was a romantic character.

Mamma pitied the poor child, and Louise wished she had her on the estate: an inn was, after all, no proper place for a respectable girl.