"
"Oh, if only there were twelve or twenty children in the house, then
everything would be different," Cornelli broke forth passionately.
"But I am always alone and never can say a word to anybody. And if one
is made so that everybody hates and despises one, and if no one in the
whole world can help one and everything gets worse all the time---You
do not know how it is. I only wish I could die right away--" Here
Cornelli burst into sudden tears. Putting her head on the table she
sobbed violently.
Dino looked quite frightened; he had never intended to make Cornelli
sad and he could not understand what she had said. But he remembered
that she had no mother and so he could understand her tears, for that
was dreadfully sad. That seemed more cause for tears than that she was
an only child.
The thought filled him with deep compassion for her, and he said softly:
"Come, Cornelli! It is terribly sad that you have no mother, but you
must not think that therefore you are all alone and nobody wants to
help you. I'll be your friend and I'll help you, but you must tell me
what troubles you.
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