"I am very sorry about it, and I will have a new pane put in," Carl added.
"I am sure it was an accident," said the lady, smiling; "you must not feel badly. I shall be glad of it if it helps me to make the acquaintance of some of my new neighbors. Won't you tell me your names?"
Louise's dimples at once began to show themselves, for she was always ready to make friends, and she gave her plump little hand, saying:
"I am Louise Hazeltine, and this is my brother Carl and my sister Bess, and Ikey Ford who lives next door."
"We are much obliged to you for not minding about the window," Bess added, forgetting her shyness.
"Won't you sit down and talk to me for a while? I am Miss Brown."
The children smiled at each other. "We have always called this the Brown house," Carl explained.
"Then you won't have to change. It is much simpler than if I had happened to be named Green or Black, isn't it?" said their new friend, laughing. "And now I am sure you can't guess what I call your house."
Of course they couldn't, so she told them that she had named it the house with the Big Front Door.
This amused them very much, and Louise asked, "How did you know we lived there?"