Chapter 49: September

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌⁠She has been absent for some days. She went to meet Albert. To-day I visited her: she rose to receive me, and I kissed her hand most tenderly.

A canary at the moment flew from a mirror, and settled upon her shoulder. "Here is a new friend," she observed, while she made him perch upon her hand: "he is a present for the children. What a dear he is! Look at him! When I feed him, he flutters with his w