Emelie will not expect much from an improvised dinner.

At all events, it may be just as good as there is any need for, if people will only give themselves a little trouble.

I hope Emelie will often come and take up with our simple way of living." Elise went to rest that night with a depressed heart, and with an indefinite but most unpleasant feeling, thought of the next day's dinner, and then dreamed that her husband's "old flame" had set the house on fire, and robbed the whole family of its shelter..