"But they will be watching all this time for thee to go back."
"So thou art thinking already of sending me back to Gützberg?"
"No, no," cried Violet, blushing hotly; "I do not want to send thee away, only Aunt Lizzie said she could spare thee a little while, and now it is so long since father went; and when he comes home he will take care of me all day long, and never be the least bit tired; and I will tell father how good thou hast been to me all this long time."
"I had a letter from thy aunt this morning," said Evelina, turning away her face towards the window; "only a few lines. She is coming over here in a few days to see thee; and probably if thy father returns I shall go back with her. She sent thee her love, and she is making thee a little cloak to wear when thou goest out in thy carriage."
"Ah, how good. I will wear it when father takes me out; that will not be long to wait."
When the doctor came again in the evening, he was quite delighted with the brightness of the little face, and with the rare happy smile which was lighting up all its features.
Violet chatted to him more naturally than she had done for many a long day. She showed him her carriage; and told him of the cloak Aunt Lizzie was making for her; and laughed when she said how the cannon-shot had thrown down Noah's wife and all the animals.
"I may see Ella to-morrow, may I not?" she asked wistfully, as he moved towards the door.
"Certainly; if she is not too noisy."
"Oh, Ella is always good," she cried joyously; "and I am never lonely when she is here."