"But Lulu can do everything else better than I
can."
"And she will soon equal you in that, I trust," said Violet, with an
affectionate glance from one to the other; "I am quite sure she will if
she continues to try as she has done to-day. And it makes my heart rejoice
to see how you love one another, dear children."
"I think everybody loves Gracie, because she's hardly ever naughty," said
Lulu; "I wish I'd been made so."
CHAPTER VIII.
"Where'er I roam, whatever realms to see,
My heart untravelled fondly turns to thee."
--Goldsmith.
"How very pretty, Zoe!" said Violet, examining her young sister-in-law's
work, a piece of black satin upon which she was embroidering leaves and
flowers in bright-colored silks.
"Oh, isn't it!" cried Lulu, in delighted admiration. "Mamma Vi, I'd like
to learn that kind of sewing."
"So you shall, dear, some day; but mamma's theory is that plain sewing
should be thoroughly mastered first. That has been her plan with all her
children, and Rosie has done scarcely any fancy work yet."
"But mamma has promised to let me learn all I can about it this winter,"
remarked Rosie, with much satisfaction.
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