They have lived in France, Germany, Italy and Spain, with an occasional visit to America, and Eleanor has always done just as she pleased.

For years her aunt has obeyed her slightest whim, but as she grows older she grows more like her father, and her aunt wants her to have some steadying influence that will put a curb on her unconventional tendencies.
"When she wrote me of Eleanor, I wrote her about my girls, and offered her 'Heartsease.' She was delighted with the whole thing and lost no time in getting here.

So now you understand why I have told you all this.

I want you to promise me that you will do what you can for this motherless girl." "But we felt sure we should like her when we saw her the other day," said Nora.

"She seemed so sweet and winning." "So she is.