He sut'n'y did." Walker grinned, for he had witnessed the scene.
Just then Maria put her head in at the door to say, "May Lilly, yo' mammy's callin' you." Lloyd and Fritz followed her noisily down-stairs.

Then for nearly an hour it was very quiet in the great house.
The Colonel, looking out of the window, could see Lloyd playing hide-and-seek with Fritz under the bare locust-trees.

When she came in her cheeks were glowing from her run in the frosty air.

Her eyes shone like stars, and her face was radiant.
"See what I've found down in the dead leaves," she cried.

"A little blue violet, bloomin' all by itself." She brought a tiny cup from the next room, that belonged to the set of doll dishes, and put the violet in it.
"There!" she said, setting it on the table at her grandfather's elbow.
"Now I'll put Amanthis in this chair, where you can look at her, an' you won't get lonesome while I'm playing outdoors." He drew her toward him and kissed her.
"Why, how cold your hands are!" he exclaimed.