I used to think Nathaniel did it on purpose sometimes, just for the fun of it.' Yes, we all missed Jill, and I for one loved the girl dearly.

It made me quite happy one day when she wrote a long letter, telling me that she was delighted with her new governess.
'Miss Gillespie is as nice as possible,' she wrote.

'I already feel quite fond of her; my lessons are as interesting now as they used to be dull with Fraeulein.

She knows a great deal, and is not ashamed to confess when she is ignorant of anything; she says right out that she cannot answer my questions, and proposes that we should study it together.

I quite enjoy our walks and talks, for she takes so much interest in all I tell her.
She is a little dull and sad sometimes, as though she were thinking of past troubles; but I like to feel that I can cheer her up and do her good.