All that I can ever make out sounds like oh! ah! ow!
and when I try to read the book in English and listen to the singers at
the same time I am lost in a hopeless maze."
The young gentlemen were soon on their way to their hotel, and the next
afternoon found them again in Boston.
The month of June was a busy, but very enjoyable one, for both Alice and
Rosa. They were up early in the morning and were at work before
breakfast. They ate heartily and slept soundly. Every pleasant
afternoon, when tea was over, they went riding. Tommy Gibson held the
reins, and although Dolly was not yet in her teens, she knew every nook
and corner, and object of interest on the island, and she took a child's
delight in pointing them out, and telling the stories that she had heard
about them. The books that Quincy brought on his last visit were
utilized, and Miss Very made up another list to be sent to him before
his next visit.
The proofs of three more stories Mr. Ernst sent down by mail, and after
correction, they were returned to him in a similar manner. Little Dolly
Gibson was impressed into service as a reader, for Rosa could not read
and correct at the same time, and there was no obliging Mr.
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