Original (English)

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS The playing today was even a lovelier, happier thing than it had ever been before . . . . Frontispiece She often sat curving her small long fingers backward They gazed as if they had known each other for ages of years "Come and play with me" She must go and stand at the door and press her cheek against the wood and wait—and listen She began to mount the stairs which led to the upper floors The ledge of the window was so low that a mere step took her