"Hortense!"
"Mon frre?"
"This little parlour looks very clean and pleasant--unusually bright, somehow."
"It is true, brother; I have had the whole house thoroughly and scrupulously cleaned in your absence."
"Sister, I think on this first day of your return home you ought to have a friend or so to tea, if it were only to see how fresh and spruce you have made the little place."
"True, brother. If it were not late I might send for Miss Mann."
"So you might; but it really is too late to disturb that good lady, and the evening is much too cold for her to come out."
"How thoughtful in you, dear Grard! We must put it off till another day."

"Hortense! This little parlour looks very clean and pleasant."
"I have had the whole house thoroughly cleaned in your absence, brother."
"Sister, I think you ought to have a friend or so to tea, if only to see how fresh and spruce you have made the little place."
"True, brother. If it were not late I might send for Miss Mann."
"So you might; but it is too late to disturb that good lady, and too cold for her to come out. 