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"She sees if the cloth is clean and white -- If the bed has pillows and sheets; If the candle fits in the candlestick. "Modest she is, although you know She makes the whole of the place; And in she slips in the evening glow, To light the room with her merry face " -- OEHLENSCHLAeGER
A quiet, busy house-fairy was Louise; the beautiful, fragrant flowers were her favorites. Good-humoredly she smiled at the raillery of her sister, quietly listened to each thoughtless jest; but if any one, in joke, touched upon what was holy to her soul, she was aroused from her calmness and attained a certain eloquence.