"Prague, Dr. Prague, wife and daughter; also two young children, for whom they are seeking a governess here in the east, as good teachers are obtained with difficulty in their section of the country."
"Ah!" said Annie, in a tone of voice so peculiar that Netta turned involuntarily toward her.
"O, Annie, Annie!" she exclaimed, and threw her arms round her friend's neck.
"What has so suddenly alarmed you?" asked Annie, endeavoring to soothe her.
"You won't go off with these strangers and leave us, will you, dear Annie?"
"Why, who is a visionary now, Netta?" she asked, laughing merrily; "what put the thought of my going away into this pretty head, lying here all feverish with excited visions? Pshaw, Netta, you are a whimsie!"
"Then you won't go?" she said, her face brightening. "No thought of becoming the governess this western family are seeking, and going away with them, has entered your brain?"
"Why should there, Netta?"
"But would you say nay should you receive the offer?"
"I can tell better when the moment arrives. But there, Netta, don't cloud that fair brow again. I feel well assured no such moment will come."