Both twins shook their heads.
"Carl?"
"Go on, Mariechen," said he, "don't be a teacher."
But Marianne had her plans.
"Bettina?"
"Oh, England," said the little girl, who had learned this from something she had heard Mr. Jackson say.
"Go on, Mariechen," urged Carl.
Marianne nodded.
"When our Queen was six," she said, "her father married her aunt, but she died, too, and our Queen lived with her grandmother, who took her to Holland, and Strasburg, and everywhere she travelled. One day she took her to the Rhine and she met the Crown Prince, who now is our King. Now, listen to what our dear Aunt Erna has written."
Marianne opened the red book.