118 Susette and her Troubles.

 

Then Lottie went on :—

“*Heinrich and I set-off at
once to ’ (reader, I cannot
read the name of the village !), ‘ but
some time before we got there we
met a pretty Swiss girl, with a
bundle of corn on her head, whose
eyes and mouth reminded me very
much of your kind nurse. So I
put my hand on Heinrich’s shoulder
to stop him, and then I asked her
if her name was Laurec, and she
said, “Yes.” -So.we shad a Jong
talk, and she told me all about
them at home, and of the fever in
the village, and the want of work,
and all the rest. I fancy it has