CHAPTER IV.
SOMEBODY COMES TO SEE THEM.
Thus they played along for two or three hours, and had as good a time as if the sun were shining, and they out in the garden.
The little dolls were dressed and undressed, put into the old broken cradle, and taken out again, I don't know how many times. The boudoir was set on one of the shelves I have told you about, and was looked at, but was not handled much, for Alice was very careful of it. The plates and dishes were put on the table and taken off, and put on again, and at last all thrown together in a box under the table.
I forgot to tell you about the swing which Mr. Bondy had put up in the garret for the children. It was a stout rope, and hung from the rafters, where it was tightly fastened. An old cushion, which had once been on an arm-chair, served as the seat.