`` Sorry for it , Amy ; but go we must , so enjoy your last week with all your might , and come again next year . '' `` It will never be again what it is now , '' sighed Amy ; and Casimer echoed the words `` next year , '' as if sadly wondering if the present year would not be his last . Helen rose silently and went into the garden , for of late she had fallen into the way of reading and working in the little pavilion which stood in an angle of the wall , overlooking lake and mountains . A seat at the opposite end of the walk was Amy 's haunt , for she liked the sun , and within a week or two something like constraint had existed between the cousins . Each seemed happier apart , and each was intent on her own affairs . Helen watched over Amy 's health , but no longer offered advice or asked confidence . She often looked anxious , and once or twice urged the major to go , as if conscious of some danger . But the worthy man seemed to have been bewitched as well as the young folks , and was quite happy sitting by the plump , placid widow , or leisurely walking with her to the chapel on the hillside . All seemed waiting for something to break up the party , and no one had the courage to do it . The major 's decision took every one by surprise , and Amy and Casimer looked as if they had fallen from the clouds . The persistency with which the English lessons had gone on was amazing , for Amy usually tired of everything in a day or two . Now , however , she was a devoted teacher , and her pupil did her great credit by the rapidity with which he caught the language . It looked like pleasant play , sitting among the roses day after day , Amy affecting to embroider while she taught , Casimer marching to and fro on the wide , low wall , below which lay the lake , while he learned his lesson ; then standing before her to recite , or lounging on the turf in frequent fits of idleness , both talking and laughing a great deal , and generally forgetting everything but the pleasure of being together . They wrote little notes as exercises -- Amy in French , Casimer in English , and each corrected the other 's . All very well for a time ; but as the notes increased the corrections decreased , and at last nothing was said of ungrammatical French or comical English and the little notes were exchanged in silence . As Amy took her place that day she looked forlorn , and when her pupil came her only welcome was a reproachful -- `` You are very late , sir . '' `` It is fifteen of minutes yet to ten clocks , '' was Casimer 's reply , in his best English . `` Ten o'clock , and leave out ` of ' before minutes . How many times must I tell you that ? '' said Amy , severely , to cover her first mistake .
`` Ah , not many XXXXX ; soon all goes to finish , and I have none person to make this charming English go in my so stupide head . ''
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