I will get everything,
and do everything for you, that you really need, but I cannot run up and
down stairs all the time on useless errands. I can't think how Dexie has a
foot left to stand on, the way she is called hither and thither. Of course,
she must have a rest, now that I am home, or she will be laid up, and that
would be a calamity for this house, I fancy. Now, you sit up, and I'll
brush your hair and fix you up so nice that you will long to get downstairs
to the rest of us, for I am going to spend the next hour with papa," and
she bustled about the room and set everything in order to her mother's
hand.
To the surprise of the family, Mrs. Sherwood made her appearance downstairs
before Louie had been in the house a week; and as she continued to improve,
Louie quietly ordered an easy carriage to be at the door at a certain hour,
and when that hour arrived she made her appearance in such becoming attire
that she had little trouble to induce her mother to step into the carriage
with her, and as these outings became quite frequent they soon had a
beneficial effect on her mother's health and spirits.
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