We will certainly stay longer," said Aunt Ninette decidedly, "just as long as we conveniently can.

I'm sure even the doctor did not expect such good results from one country visit; it is almost miraculous!" Dora lost no time in carrying the enchanting news of this decision to Paula, for in her inmost heart she had been very unhappy at the thought of going away so soon.

How could she live, away from all this dear family with whom she had learned to feel so entirely at home?
She thought that when the day of separation came her heart would surely break.
When the good news of Dora's longer stay among them spread through the family, there was general rejoicing, and the little girl was in danger of being fairly hugged to death by her friends.
That evening after the children were all safely in bed, and Miss Hanenwinkel had withdrawn to her own room, Mr.and Mrs.Birkenfeld sat together upon the sofa, talking.

This was the only quiet time that they could count upon in the course of the day, when they could talk over the needs, the pleasures and the pains, of their large and busy family.

They were talking now about the decision of their new friends, and Mrs.
Birkenfeld expressed her great satisfaction with it, adding, "I cannot bear to think of losing Dora.