" She was glad to go to school whenever she was
allowed to go, for she was quiet for a while then; and, moreover, in
that place the poor child heard a pleasant word now and again. For each
time that recess came, or they left school to go home, Otto would come
to her, and talk with her pleasantly for a while, or give her an
invitation from his mother to visit them on Sunday evening and play
games with the children. Poor Wiseli could never avail herself of these
charming invitations, because on Sunday she had always to make the
coffee for the family; and her cousin's wife said that she could not
think of letting the child go away to visit on the only day when she was
really of some use to her. But the child was glad that Otto always asked
her, though she could not go, and that he always spoke kindly to her;
for those were the only friendly acts or words that she knew of
nowadays. There was still another reason that made it pleasant for
Wiseli to go to school, and that was the passing by Andrew the
carpenter's pretty garden on her way there. She always paused and looked
over the low hedge, hoping that she might catch sight of the carpenter;
for she had her mother's message to deliver, and never ceased hoping to
find the opportunity. She was far too shy to go into the house for that
purpose. She felt that she did not know Andrew well enough to venture to
do that.
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