When at night we rest,
Fold us to thy breast,
O Maria!
Keep us in thy care,
Always, everywhere;
Lead us to thy Son
When our days are done,
O Maria!
There was something very pathetic and beautiful in the refrain of this song. While Concelio was singing the elders came to listen. They would fain have heard more but, laughingly shaking her head, Concelio ran away and hid in her own room until they were gone.
The Señora would not permit her visitors to leave till next morning. When at last they tore themselves away it was with the understanding that Ramona and her brother should visit the Pages for a couple of days before school began.