I Was as Happy as a Fish in Water, and She Understands That All

She was sitting with her back to a window covered with a white blind. The sunshine, streaming in through the blind, shed a soft light over her fluffy golden curls. I seized the opportunity when she was looking down and fell to watching her. She shook her head deliberately. Have you a tutor? She asked suddenly. No, I have not had a tutor for a long, long while. It was not a month since I had parted with my friend's rent. Oh, I see that. You are quite grown up. Hold your hands straight, and she applied herself busily to winding the ball. My gaze at her and how dear and near she was already to me. What happiness