CHAPTER VII.
LONG-WISHED-FOR HAPPINESS.
The next morning, Mrs.Birkenfeld went early to the widow's house, where she was most cordially received; for she as well as her friend Lili had been a favorite pupil of Mrs.Kurd's husband.

What pleasure the ardent teacher had taken in these pupils, and what success he had had in teaching them! He had never been tired of talking about it, and his wife had never forgotten it.
Mrs.Birkenfeld was shown into the sitting-room, where Mrs.Kurd insisted on her taking a seat, saying that she had much to tell her, for she had not seen her before since she had had the strangers from Karlsruhe in her house.

There was a great deal to say about them and especially about the accident of the day before.

When the widow had talked herself out, Mrs.
Birkenfeld asked if she could speak to the lady, and to the little girl who had been hurt.
Mrs.Kurd carried the message to Mrs.Ehrenreich, who came directly, followed by Dora, who wore a thick bandage upon her arm, and looked very pale and delicate.

After the first greetings, Mrs.Birkenfeld took Dora's hand tenderly in her own, and inquired with sympathy about the wound.