I do not see the flags out there so well as I used to do." "Because the sun is so bright, Annemie; that is all.

I myself, when I have been sitting all day in the place in the light, the flowers look pale to me.

And you know it is not age with _me_, Annemie ?" The old woman and the young girl laughed together at that droll idea.
"You have a merry heart, dear little one," said old Annemie.

"The saints keep it to you always." "May I tidy the room a little ?" "To be sure, dear, and thank you too.

I have not much time, you see; and somehow my back aches badly when I stoop." "And it is so damp here for you, over all that water!" said Bebee as she swept and dusted and set to rights the tiny place, and put in a little broken pot a few sprays of honeysuckle and rosemary that she had brought with her.