112 Susette and her Troubles.

 

I wonder if grandmamma ever
thought, in the early spring, that
for a whole year she was to have
her house full of children! For a
long time we fancied every week
that we should hear of aunt and
uncle coming home. Every now
and then Lottie and I would fret a
little bit at the idea of parting, but
still it did not come.

One morning brought a letter
for Lottie, with a great deal of
_ news in it. She read it to me ir:
the nursery, as we were having our
hair brushed for the evening in the
drawing-room. It told us that her
papa had just made up his mind