There was a little round table, uncovered, but as white as snow, and two chairs, one of them an arm-chair, and furnished with cushions.

A four-post bedstead, with curtains of blue and white check, occupied the larger portion of the floor.
It was not a luxurious apartment; and for an instant I could hardly realize the fact that it was to be my home for an indefinite period.
Some efforts had evidently been made to give it a look of welcome, homely as it was.

A pretty china tea cup and saucer, with a plate or two to match, were set out on the deal table, and the cushioned arm-chair had been drawn forward to the hearth.

I sat down in it, and buried my face in my hands, thinking, till Tardif knocked at the door, and carried in my trunk.
"Will it do, mam'zelle ?" he asked, "will it do ?" "It will do very nicely, Tardif," I answered; "but how ever am I to talk to your mother if she does not know English ?" "Mam'zelle," he said, as he uncorded my trunk, "you must order me as you would a servant.

Through the winter I shall always be at hand; and you will soon be used to us and our ways, and we shall be used to you and your ways.