Autumn Days. 127

 

idea about Christmas; and then
we all joined in wondering how the
time had gone, and what lots of
fun Christmas would bring with it.
I had my own particular share of
delight, for was there not a certain
prospect of papa and mamma
coming to the Park to take me
home? . My little cousins, too, were
looking forward to home directly
after Christmas; but their mamma
could not come and fetch them.
She had been well enough to
travel, and would be in England
very soon now; that is, in the little
island down in the south, you know,
where the invalids go. She would