her always--was very kind, and talked to me, and bade me tell her
everything that troubled me. Mrs. Stanhope shut her eyes and lay
back in the carriage, so still that I thought she was asleep, so I
thought it was a good time to tell Aunt Clarissa all about Fani, as
you advised. She didn't even know that there was such a person, so
I had to tell her everything that had happened, and how long it was
since I had seen him. She said of course I must see him in Basel,
and that we should have plenty of time, as we were not going
farther than that, that day. She said she would go with me to find
him, and that Mrs. Stanhope would be perfectly willing. When we
reached Basel we went to a big hotel. I never saw anything like it
before. I could scarcely eat my dinner for joy that I was going to
see Fani again. Directly after dinner Aunt Clarissa told Mrs.
Stanhope that we wanted to go to see my brother, and Mrs. Stanhope
said she would go with us, as she did not want to stay alone.

We went across a long bridge, over a river, and quite a distance
further. At last we came to some small houses, and we began to
inquire for the painter Schulz. There we were right before his
house. Mrs. Stanhope opened the door and went right into the
work-shop, and we followed her. Fani sprang up with a great cry of
joy, and threw his arms round Mrs. Stanhope, and his eyes were full
of tears, for he was terribly homesick, and had never seen any one
from home since he went away. Then he caught sight of me, and he
was gladder still; and he wasn't the least shy with Mrs.
Stanhope--you know he never is--but he put his arms round her
again, and exclaimed:--

"Oh, you don't know how glad I am to see some one from home!"