d his father and mother went and sat upon the sofa together, which
stood in the recess of a window looking out upon the Place Vendome,
Rollo said to Jane, in an undertone,--

"Jennie, come with me."

He said this in the tone of an invitation, not of command; and Jennie
understood at once, from her experience on former occasions, that Rollo
had some plan for her entertainment or gratification. So she got down
from her chair and went off with him very readily.

They went out at a door which led into their mother's bed room.

"Jennie," said Rollo, as he walked along with her across the room, "I am
going to get the Bible and sit down here by the window and read in it.
Would not you like to read with me?"

"Yes," said Jennie, "if you will find a pretty story to read about.
There are a great many toward the first part of the Bible."

"Yes," said Rollo, "I will."

"And let us go into my room to read," said Jennie. "I like my room the
best."

"Well," said Rollo, "I like your room best, too."

So Rollo took the Bible off from the table of his father's room, and
then he and Jennie went on together into Jennie's room. This room was a
little boudoir, which opened from Mr. and Mrs. Holiday's room; it was a
charming little place, and it was no wonder that Jennie liked it. It was
hung with drapery all around, except where the window was, on one side,
and a large looking glass and a picture on two other sides. There was
even a curtain over the door, so that when you were in, and the door was
shut, and the curtain over it was let down, you seemed to be entirely
secluded from all the world. This drapery was green, and the room, being
entirely enclosed in it, might have seemed sombre had it not been for
the brilliancy and beauty of the furniture, and the variegated colors
and high polish of the floor. There was an elegant bedstead and bed in
the back part of the room, with a carved canopy over it. There was a
bureau also, with drawers, where Jennie kept her clothes; and a little
fireplace, with a pretty brass fender before it; and a marble mantel
piece above, with a clock and two vases of flowers upon it. There were a
great many other curious and beautiful articles of furniture in the
room, which gave it a very attractive appearance, and made it, in fact,
as pretty a place of seclusion as a lady could desire to have. Jennie
enjoyed this room very much indeed; but still, after all,
notwithstanding the expensiveness and beauty of