[Gritli’s Children by Johanna Spyri]@TWC D-Link bookGritli’s Children CHAPTER VIII 15/34
A warmer glow was infused too into her feeling for Fani, to whom she had been attracted at first by his resemblance to her Philo.
Time had softened her sorrow for the loss of her boy, so that this resemblance endeared Fani to her, while in Elsli's case, a similar likeness to Nora had only made it the more difficult to receive one who was brought to her to take Nora's place, while she was still stunned with the grief of the recent parting. Her first thought now was for Elsli.
The doctor said that the child must spend the next winter in a warmer climate, and recommended a removal to the south of France or to Italy before the coming of cold weather. "And meantime," he said, "you must put a stop to all this long sitting on the stone seat under those heavy lindens down by the water, and to pacing up and down that damp little path that leads to the willows, and to spending hours in that wretched hut by the bog, that isn't fit for any one to live in.
The river is very beautiful, but it's better to be looked at from a distance above.
Dry air and sunshine are what our little girl needs.
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