Fani sprang up with a great cry of joy, and threw his arms round Mrs.Stanhope, and his eyes were full of tears, for he was terribly homesick, and had never seen any one from home since he went away.

Then he caught sight of me, and he was gladder still; and he wasn't the least shy with Mrs.
Stanhope--you know he never is--but he put his arms round her again, and exclaimed:-- "Oh, you don't know how glad I am to see some one from home!" You can't imagine how kind she was to him.

At last she told Fani to call his master, and when the man came she went out into another room to talk with him.

After a while she came back, and then, what do you think?
She asked Fani if he would not like to go and live with me at her house! I can't begin to tell you how I felt.

At first I could scarcely breathe for joy, and then I began to think I must have made a mistake; it couldn't be true.