She gave me a funny little sky parlor -- all she had , but there is a stove in it , and a nice table in a sunny window , so I can sit here and write whenever I like . A fine view and a church tower opposite atone for the many stairs , and I took a fancy to my den on the spot . The nursery , where I am to teach and sew , is a pleasant room next Mrs. Kirke 's private parlor , and the two little girls are pretty children , rather spoiled , I fancy , but they took to me after telling them The Seven Bad Pigs , and I 've no doubt I shall make a model governess . I am to have my meals with the children , if I prefer it to the great table , and for the present I do , for I am bashful , though no one will believe it . `` Now , my dear , make yourself at home , '' said Mrs. K. in her motherly way , `` I 'm on the drive from morning to night , as you may suppose with such a family , but a great anxiety will be off my mind if I know the children are safe with you . My rooms are always open to you , and your own shall be as comfortable as I can make it . There are some pleasant people in the house if you feel sociable , and your evenings are always free . Come to me if anything goes wrong , and be as happy as you can . There 's the tea bell , I must run and change my cap . '' And off she bustled , leaving me to settle myself in my new nest . As I went downstairs soon after , I saw something I liked . The flights are very long in this tall house , and as I stood waiting at the head of the third one for a little servant girl to lumber up , I saw a gentleman come along behind her , take the heavy hod of coal out of her hand , carry it all the way up , put it down at a door near by , and walk away , saying , with a kind nod and a foreign accent , `` It goes better so . The little back is too young to haf such heaviness . '' Was n't it good of him ? I like such things , for as Father says , trifles show character . When I mentioned it to Mrs. K. , that evening , she laughed , and said , `` That must have been Professor Bhaer , he 's always doing things of that sort . '' Mrs. K. told me he was from Berlin , very learned and good , but poor as a church mouse , and gives lessons to support himself and two little orphan nephews whom he is educating here , according to the wishes of his sister , who married an American . Not a very romantic story , but it interested me , and I was glad to hear that Mrs. K. lends him her parlor for some of his scholars . There is a glass door between it and the nursery , and I mean to peep at him , and then I 'll tell you how he looks . He 's almost forty , so it 's no harm , Marmee .
After tea and a go-to-bed romp with the little girls , I attacked the big workbasket , and had a quiet XXXXX chatting with my new friend .
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