Boletta.

Oh, one is a botanical book, and the other a descriptive geography.

Arnholm.

Are you fond of that kind of reading?

Boletta.

Yes, when I can find time for it——But of course the housekeeping must come first.

Arnholm.

But does not your mother—your stepmother—help you with that?

Boletta.

No, it is my work. I had to look after it during the two years father was alone; and so it has continued ever since.