Somehow, she felt that she could rely upon this promise.
"Then, if you please, Madame Cerise, I'd like to go to bed," she said.
The woman took the lamp and led the way upstairs, entering a large, airy chamber in which a fire burned brightly in the grate.

The furniture here was dainty and feminine.

In an alcove stood a snowy bed, the covers invitingly turned down.
Madame Cerise set the lamp upon a table and without a word turned to assist Louise.

The beautiful Kermess costume, elaborately embroidered with roses, which the girl still wore, evidently won the Frenchwoman's approval.

She unhooked and removed it carefully and hung it in a closet.
Very dextrous were her motions as she took down the girl's pretty hair and braided it for the night.