"Look," said my father, pointing to the upper window. There was Paula, with
a radiant face, waving her handkerchief in good-bye to all of us!
"Come, come, hurry up; stop your fooling!" cried Louis.
"I'm staying here."
"How is that?"
"Oh, I'm just staying with Catalina."
"That's too much!" cried Louis, "to stay here while the rest of us go on a
holiday. Papa, you won't permit such a silly thing; will you?"
"Well, she begged me with tears to let her stay and there she is," said
father.
"Good-bye, uncle; good-bye, Teresa--A happy journey to you all," cried
Paula. "Give a good hug and a kiss to grandmother and to grandfather," we
heard her say as we turned the corner.
"She isn't a bit like the rest of us," said Louis, "she never seems to seek
her own pleasure, and yet the funny thing about it is, she's always happy.
I can't understand a nature like that."
"It's because she finds her happiness in making other people happy," said
Teresa.
This was also what our grandmother said, when we explained Paula's absence.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
THE CAT MOTHER
It was the month of October. I was sure that my father would permit Paula
to go to school with me after the summer vacation, but not so.
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