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AN ART-STUDENT IN MUNICH.
the tutor of your brothers is also a friend of my friend-
thus I can learn for you how it is with your brothers,
and convey any message. Shall I do so ?”
“Yes; our affectionate brotherly greetings. We want to
know if it is well with them. And oh ! is it well with our
other brothers in Manchester-—with our three brothers in
that dark, smoky Manchester, where there is no blue sky,
and no sun as in Egypt: we are very anxious about our
brothers in Manchester ! They write now and then, but
not much: we cannot make out whether it is well with
them—whether they are content with their guardians.
It is well with our dear brothers in Paris—very well;
they have horses to ride, and much money. But is it well
with our brothers in Manchester, where there is no sky-
only smoke !”
I promised that I would learn all I could for them ;
and this promise diffused around me universal satisfaction.
The remainder of the evening, until supper was announced,
glided away in pleasant talk : mine was principally with
Hildegard. We began with Art, of course, and then
wandered away to the Alps; and in spirit we ascended
these Alps, so dear to both of us, gathering on our way
the loveliest bouquets of Alpine flowers—golden, lilac, pea-
cock azure, and crimson : we ascended from the rich
pasture valleys up through solemn pine forests, till we
gathered, at the risk of losing our lives, the wonderful
Edel-weiss (noble-white), which alone blooms amidst eter-
nal snow. God has lovingly clothed its stalks and its
petals in a garment of white wool: it is a little flower of
flannel!
The Blush-rose gave me a bouquet of this Edel-weiss,
which I wore all the evening.
Isabel and I have been invited by this kind family to
AN ART-STUDENT IN MUNICH.
the tutor of your brothers is also a friend of my friend-
thus I can learn for you how it is with your brothers,
and convey any message. Shall I do so ?”
“Yes; our affectionate brotherly greetings. We want to
know if it is well with them. And oh ! is it well with our
other brothers in Manchester-—with our three brothers in
that dark, smoky Manchester, where there is no blue sky,
and no sun as in Egypt: we are very anxious about our
brothers in Manchester ! They write now and then, but
not much: we cannot make out whether it is well with
them—whether they are content with their guardians.
It is well with our dear brothers in Paris—very well;
they have horses to ride, and much money. But is it well
with our brothers in Manchester, where there is no sky-
only smoke !”
I promised that I would learn all I could for them ;
and this promise diffused around me universal satisfaction.
The remainder of the evening, until supper was announced,
glided away in pleasant talk : mine was principally with
Hildegard. We began with Art, of course, and then
wandered away to the Alps; and in spirit we ascended
these Alps, so dear to both of us, gathering on our way
the loveliest bouquets of Alpine flowers—golden, lilac, pea-
cock azure, and crimson : we ascended from the rich
pasture valleys up through solemn pine forests, till we
gathered, at the risk of losing our lives, the wonderful
Edel-weiss (noble-white), which alone blooms amidst eter-
nal snow. God has lovingly clothed its stalks and its
petals in a garment of white wool: it is a little flower of
flannel!
The Blush-rose gave me a bouquet of this Edel-weiss,
which I wore all the evening.
Isabel and I have been invited by this kind family to