John was at once sent to have the horse and the
carriage ready to be brought before the house later
on. Tinette was ordered to waken Heidi immediately
and to prepare her for a journey. Sebastian had to
hurry to bring over Heidi's aunt from the house
where she was serving. In the meanwhile Miss Eot-
tenmeier had been able to get dressed, except her
cap, which was put on the wrong way, and it looked
from a distance as if her face were on her back
side. Mr. Sesemann ascribed her embarrassed ap-
pearance to the fact that she was interrupted in her
sleep. He went without delay to business, direct-
ing her to bring at once a trunk and to pack up all
things belonging to the Swiss child (Mr. Sesemann
generally used this expression when talking of
Heidi, as her name was rather unfamiliar to him),
and with them some of Clara's clothes, so that she
might have something to take with her ; but every-
thing must be done quickly and without spending
much time.
Miss Eottenmeier stood in surprise, as if rooted to
the floor, and stared at Mr. Sesemann. She had ex-
pected that he would confidentially tell her some
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in the night, and about which she would not be ub«
willing to hear now in the bright morning light ;
but instead of that he gave these prosaic and very
inconvenient commands. She could not quickly
comprehend what was to her so unexpected. She
still stood there speechless and waited to see what
was coming next.
But Mr. Sesemann did not intend to give any
explanation ; he let the lady stand where she was
and went to his daughter's room.
