"I will wait.

But oh! -- I wisht I had patience! I want to get straight out of trouble, -- I do.

Not yet, Karen, -- not yet.

'When _he_ giveth quietness, then who can make trouble ?' That's it -- that's my way." She went about her business and quietly finished it.
It had long been done, and the afternoon was wearing well on, when Mrs.Landholm came into the kitchen again.

Karen had taken care of the children meanwhile.