"She might write to us constantly and come to see us sometimes, perhaps?"
"Certainly she might."
"After all, it would just be like going into service."
"Just."
"Only she would be a lady, not a servant?"
"Only that."
"You would be good to her? Something tells me you would. And you would, wouldn't you?"
"I should be as good to the girl as if--as if I were her own father," said Christian Christiansson.
Anna dried her eyes and said:
"I don't know what to say, sir--I really don't know what to say to you."