They kept a great many pets, and they always seemed to have plenty to do, which perhaps kept them from worrying about themselves.

Adelaide, for instance, did all the flowers for the drawing-room and dinner-table.

Mrs.St.Quentin said she could not do them so well herself.

They had a very small garden to pick from, but Adelaide used lots of wild-flowers and grass and ferns.

She often let me help her to fill the china jars, and she was the only person who ever seemed to like hearing about Grandpapa's paintings.