‘No, my dear child; in beautiful Devonshire, at least in this part of it, we are as safe as in the Baltic provinces, where Revel lies.’
CHAPTER XVII.
PATIENCE AND PERSEVERANCE MAKE ALL THINGS EASY.
‘WHEN will Christmas come?’ asked Alice one morning, instead of attending to her sum.
‘Christmas will come very soon, Alice, but you must think of your sum now,’ said grandmamma. ‘I cannot talk to you about anything till your lessons are over.’
‘Please, grandmamma, tell me first how many weeks there are till Christmas?’ asked Alice.
‘Attend to your sum, Alice,’ repeated her grandmamma. But Alice instead of obeying began to cry, and said—