It was a wonderful climate; and as Clover wrote her father, the winter was better even than the summer, and was certainly doing Phil more good.

He was able to spend hours every day in the open air, walking, or riding Dr.Hope's horse, and improved steadily.

Clover felt very happy about him.
This early rising and fire-making were the hardest things she had to encounter, though all the housekeeping proved more onerous than, in her inexperience, she had expected it to be.

After the first week or two, however, she managed very well, and gradually learned the little labor-saving ways which can only be learned by actual experiment.

Getting breakfast and tea she enjoyed, for they could be chiefly managed by the use of the chafing-dish.