For my father there was the cottage and the little farm at Stefanos." "Where is Stefanos, Marie ?" interrupted Ralph.
"Not so far, my little Monsieur; nine kilometers perhaps from Chalet." "Nine kilometres; between five and six miles?
We must have passed it when we were driving," said Ralph.
"Without doubt," replied Marie.

"Well, as I was saying, my father had the paternal house at Stefanos for his when he married, and my uncles went to the towns and did for themselves with their portions.

And the bon papa came, of course, to live with us.

He was a kind old man--I remember him well--and he must have had need of patience in a household of eight noisy boys.

They were the talk of the country, such fine men, and I, when I came, was such a tiny little thing, you would hardly believe there could be a child so small! And yet there was great joy.