15/32 As I was saying, it is very like home to me. My father lives in town you know--that is not at all like home. One always associates the idea of home with the country, and a vicarage and a Hall, and all that." "Does one ?" said Mrs.Goddard, picking her way over the frozen mud of the road. "Take care, Nellie, it is dreadfully slippery!" "How much she has grown," remarked John, looking at the girl's active figure as she walked before them. "She was quite a little girl when I saw her first." "Yes, she grows very fast," answered Mrs.Goddard rather regretfully. |