Using her school-room box of paints, the paints intended only for the drawing of maps, she placed washes of colour on her leaves and along her stems, making the whole composition more effective and complete.

Day by day she improved on her first ideas, till she had stored up a collection of really beautiful sketches.
With this new joy tingling through her young veins from morning till night, and from night till morning again, Hetty began to look so glad and bright that everyone remarked it.

Miss Davis looked on approvingly, thinking that her own excellent discipline of the girl was having an effect she had scarcely dared to hope for.

Nell was full of curiosity to know why Hetty had become so gay.
"May I not have the liberty to be gay as well as you ?" said Hetty laughing.
"Of course; but then you are so suddenly changed.

Miss Davis says it is only because you are growing good.