17/20 Here is something for the present. He has such a kind and happy scheme for Mirko's health. Listen, and I will tell you about it." They clustered around her while she explained in the most attractive manner she could the picture of the boy's future, but in spite of all that, his beautiful little face fell as he grasped that he was to leave his father. All little boys go to school, and come home for the holidays. You know _Maman_ would have wished you to be educated like a gentleman." "But I hate other boys, and you have taught me so well. |