I was assisted by Jack and Fritz, and by Ernest and Francis alternately, one always remaining with his mother, who was still unable to walk.

Ernest employed his time, when at home, in making the straw bonnet, without either borrowing his brother's head for a model, or letting any of them know what he was doing.

Nevertheless, he assisted his brothers with their pavilions by his really valuable knowledge.

They formed them very elegantly,--something like a Chinese pagoda.

They were exactly square, supported on four columns, and rather higher than the gallery.