I do not think that she has much to do with it," said the cousin
Gotti quietly.
"Oh, you did not hear them!" said his wife sharply; "how they kept
calling out something about Wiseli?"
"Well, they may call out, if they want to," said their father. "You will
soon have the little one in hand. I think she is not a troublesome
child,--I noticed that in the beginning,--and is much more obedient than
those boys of yours."
This was too much for his wife.
"I do not see what is the use of finding fault with the boys," she said;
and she peeled the potatoes faster and faster. "And I _should_ like to
know where the girl is to sleep."
Her husband pushed his cap back and forth several times upon his head,
and said, soothingly,--
"One can't think of every thing at once. She must have had a bed to
sleep in; and she can, at least, have that. Tomorrow I will go to the
pastor. To-night she can sleep on the bench by the stove. It is always
warm there; and I can put a partition in the little passage that goes
into our room later, and set her bed in there."
"I never heard of bringing home a child and getting a bed for it a week
afterwards," said the woman crossly; "and I should like to know who will
pay for it if we must build something more for her into the bargain."
"When the parish assigns the child to us, they will allow us something
for her maintenance.
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