UNCLE IN ENGLAND. 19 



windows are enlarged ; new walks are made ; and 

 there is a new flower-garden and conservatory, 

 of which my aunt is very fond. Your favourite 

 walk has been preserved quite unchanged. My 

 uncle loves it so much, that he shewed it to me 

 himself, and we sat under your favourite tree, 

 where you and he used to play and read 

 together in those happy times when you were 

 companions. 



I sleep in your room, which has the same 

 dear old projecting window, which you described 

 to me, a half hexagon, with stone divisions, and 

 pretty casement work between. 



8th. I begin to feel more at ease with all my 

 new friends ; indeed, I do not know why I am 

 afraid of them. Generally, before we leave the 

 breakfast table, one of my cousins reads aloud for 

 about half an hour. This morning, before we sepa- 

 rated, my uncle said, (t My dear children, I hope 

 you will consider my little Bertha as another 

 sister ; we must make her feel at home. Let us 

 go on just as usual with all our employments, 

 and she will gradually cease to be a stranger." 



" I hope," said my aunt, t( that Bertha does 

 not feel herself a stranger she will soon become 

 accustomed to our mode of life ; but we must 

 give her a little time we must become ac- 

 quainted by degrees." 



" But, Mamma," said Caroline, " will not 



