CHAPTER IV.
HE SERVES AN APPRENTICESHIP.
Willie's mother grew better, and Willie's sister grew bigger; and the strange nurse went away, and Willie and his mother and Tibby, with a little occasional assistance from the doctor, managed the baby amongst them.

Considering that she had been yet only a short time at school, she behaved wonderfully well.

She never cried except she was in some trouble, and even then you could seldom have seen a tear on her face.
She did all that was required of her, grew longer and broader and heavier, and was very fond of a lighted candle.

The only fault she had was that she wouldn't give Willie quite so many smiles as he wanted.

As to the view she took of affairs, she seemed for a long time to be on the whole very well satisfied with life and its gifts.