I don't mind in summer, for then I can play in the garden with Dudu and the tortoise, and all the creatures.

But in winter it is so dull.

I would not be tired if I had a little friend to play with me." "Keep up your heart, Mademoiselle.

Stranger things have happened than that you should have some one to play with." "What do you mean, Marcelline ?" said Jeanne, curiously.

"Do you know something, Marcelline?
Tell me, do.