Blind Girl, or, The Story of Little Vendla . on her chair, as if this had not beenexactly what she had most cared to hear. Papa had no more time for the had prayers directly; and then he andmamma went off to the study, where they hada long conversation, with closed doors, a thingmost unusual at the parsonage. Papa and mamma have a secret, I am saw them plotting and planning before hewent away, said Ingeborg, quite disgusted atbeing shut out from the study. Plotting and planning ? questioned Guda. They only plot and plan the very best things 100 PLEASANT WAITING. in the world
Blind Girl, or, The Story of Little Vendla . on her chair, as if this had not beenexactly what she had most cared to hear. Papa had no more time for the had prayers directly; and then he andmamma went off to the study, where they hada long conversation, with closed doors, a thingmost unusual at the parsonage. Papa and mamma have a secret, I am saw them plotting and planning before hewent away, said Ingeborg, quite disgusted atbeing shut out from the study. Plotting and planning ? questioned Guda. They only plot and plan the very best things 100 PLEASANT WAITING. in the world; that you may be sure of, saidHagbard, in great disapproval of Ingeborgsmode of expressing herself. To think we must go to bed without open-ing the little bag, said Guda. Everythingseems to go wrong to-day. Then we had better make haste to end it,and say good-night, said mamma, who hadjust come in from what seemed to have been amost inspiriting talk with papa. We willlook at your wonderful bag in the morning. CHAPTER IX. V E N D L AS ?HEN the pastor came in to breakfast^t the morning after his return, hisplate was already furnished. Notthat Stina had supplied some specialdainty to tempt him, but therestood the little old bag, with its string aroundit, just as it had been knotted by some mysteri-ous hand far back in the past. Please, papa, open it before we have ourbreakfast; wont you, dear, sweet papa ?pleaded Ingeborg. So this is Vendlas find! She must be hereat the opening, said the pastor, as he looked atthe unpromising budget before him. 102 vendlas find. Vendla was summoned, and Stina was nofcfar behind her. Papa laughingly took hold of the string, and,pretending to be very impressive, said oversome gibberish, a kind of impromptu rhyme, inwhich Latin and English, Swedish and Italian,were all mixed up together. It sounded verygrand and imposing. It is awful—I am almost afraid ! saidIngeborg, affecting to shudder. The bag was no sooner open than all signs ofridicul
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