She could talk to Mr.Delphin on many subjects which she would never have had the courage to mention to others.

It was plain enough--that is to Fanny, though not to Madeleine--that he always paid his visits, quite accidentally, of course, whenever Madeleine was in the town.
As they sat chatting merrily on different subjects, Fanny, who always kept her eye on passers-by, suddenly cried, "Just look! there is Jacob Worse.

I declare, he is passing the house without looking up; but I saw him speak to some one at the door.

I wonder who it could have been ?" and, with a woman's curiosity, she hurried over to the window.
"Ah!" said she, laughing, "I declare it was my little Frederick he was talking to.

Freddy," she cried, looking out of the window, "come up to mother, and you shall have some chocolate." Little Christian Frederick, a white-haired, sturdy little fellow of between six and seven, came scrambling up the stairs.