"I have been much pleased," she explained, "by this." and handed him the enclosure.
"What! Really an article in the Science Made Popular? Well, Miss Olmstead, you are to be congratulated!" holding out his hand with great cordiality. "May I ask what you wrote about?"
She told him, and he nodded vigorously.
"Very good, very good! I shall watch for its appearance; and now I've a proposition to make you. Would you like to study Latin and French?"
"I?" gasped Sara.
"Yes; they are much needed in our work, as well as German and Greek; but there must be a beginning. I have all the books you will need, and will hear your Latin recitation every morning. It won't take long, and I'm sure Madame Grandet will help you with the French."
"But they're going away soon, are they not?"
"He is, but she has half decided to remain. It's so delightfully quiet here in summer, and only a short run to the seashore; besides, she likes her boarding-place."
Sara's eyes shone.
"I think every one is very good to me," she said softly.