"If his spirit can see us, he must bless me for saving his innocent child." Filled with this solemn and tender thought, she knelt by the bedside, and prayed for blessing and guidance in the task she had undertaken.
The unexpected finding of a link connected with old times had a salutary effect on Flora's spirits.

In the morning, she said that she had had pleasant dreams about Rosabella and Tulee, and that she didn't mean to be homesick any more.

"It's very ungrateful," added she, "when my dear, good Mamita Lila does so much to make me happy." "To help you keep your good resolution, I propose that we go to the Athenaeum," said Mrs.Delano, smiling.

Flora had never been in a gallery of paintings, and she was as much pleased as a little child with a new picture-book.

Her enthusiasm attracted attention, and visitors smiled to see her clap her hands, and to hear her little shouts of pleasure or of fun.