A few weeks after Mother came home, they were all gathered in the sitting-room after supper.
Outside, the rain beat against the window panes and the wind made a mournful sound among the evergreens.
Inside, all was bright and cheery. In the coal stove a fire was burning. On the table a big lamp sent a bright light through the room.
Baby Betty had been put to bed, but Bobby sat at the table, reading a new book.
"It is almost bedtime for you," said Mother.
"Can't we have a game of dominoes before I go?" asked Bobby.
Mother looked at the clock. "Just one," she said.
So they all gathered around the table in the center of the room—Father, Mother, John and Sue and Bobby.
Father and Bobby were partners. They got two hundred points first and so won the game.
When the game was over, John went down cellar and brought up a pan of apples. Bobby and Sue went to the attic and brought down a basin of walnuts. And as they were eating the walnuts and the apples, they had a merry time.