CHAPTER X.
EVERY DAY FROM SIX TO SEVEN.
She wanted years to understand The grief that he did feel.
_Surrey_.
Love is not love That alters where it alteration finds.
This was how the German class was formed.
The next day, as we were leaving the dinner-table, Mr.Langenau paused a few moments by Sophie, in the hall, and talked with her about the boys.
"Charley gets on very well with his German," he observed, "but Benny doesn't make much progress.

He is too young to study much, and acquires chiefly by the ear.

If you only had a German maid, or if you could speak with him yourself, he would make much better progress." "Yes, I wish I had more knowledge of the language," she replied; "I read it very easily, but cannot speak with any fluency." "Why will you never speak it with me ?" he said.

"And if you will permit me, I shall be very glad to read with you an hour a day.

I have much leisure, and it would be no task to me." "I should like it very much, and you are very kind.