While walking through the park she took off her hat and decorated it with the wild flowers which grew along the path.

In the farm-yard she caught two or three little chickens, calling them canaries--a mistake the mother hen sought in the most emphatic manner to correct.

The surly old watch-dog's head was patted.

She brushed with her dainty fingers the hair from the eyes of the gaping farmer children.

She was here and there in a moment, driving to despair her companion, whose gouty limbs were unable to keep pace with the flying feet of her mistress.
At the manor the baroness was received by the steward, who had been sent on in advance with orders to prepare the "installation dinner." Then she proceeded at once to inspect every corner and crevice--the kitchen as well as the dining-room, astonishing the cooks with her knowledge of their art.