"Come forward and speak to your cousin and to Miss Grideelen!" ordered
Mr. Hellmut.
Cornelli gave her hand first to her relative and then to the other
lady, saying to each: "How do you do?"
"You can call me cousin, and this lady is called Miss Grideelen," said
the cousin, hoping that the child would repeat her greeting and would
call her and her friend by the names she was just told to use in
speaking to them. But the child did not say another word.
The Director now turned towards the carriage, giving Matthew
instructions for the horses. Then everybody stepped into the house and
soon the whole company sat down at the richly laden dinner table. Miss
Mina earned many praises for the deliciously planned meal. When the
afternoon came the host took the ladies around his place, for his
cousin was anxious to become acquainted with everything she had to
take care of.
"Oh, what an abundance of fruit!" Miss Grideelen exclaimed over and
over again. "How many cherry trees and what enormous apple trees! Oh,
what a row of pear trees! You must be able to fill your bins with fruit
in the autumn, Mr.
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