I think the change would do her good, and perhaps you
and the little ones also," Mr. Dinsmore explained.
"Thank you; I think it would. When will you go, little wife?"
"Papa proposes taking me at once."
"My carriage is at the door, and this is the pleasantest part of the day,"
remarked Mr. Dinsmore.
"Ah, yes; then take Elsie with you, and I will follow shortly with
children and servants. There is no reason in the world why she should not
go, if she wishes, and stay as long as she likes."
The change proved beneficial to Elsie; it was so pleasant to find herself
again a member of her father's family; and that even without a short
separation from her husband and little ones.
Here, too, absent from the scenes so closely associated with the memory of
her beloved mother-in-law, she dwelt less upon her loss, while at the same
time she was entertained and cheered by constant intercourse with father,
Rose, and young brother and sister. It was indeed a cheering thing to all
parties to be thus brought together for a time as one family in delightful
social intercourse.
Yet, though the invalids improved in spirits, and to some extent in other
respects, they did not regain their usual strength, and the physicians
recommending travel, particularly a sea voyage, it was finally decided to
again visit Europe for an indefinite period, the length of their stay to
depend upon circumstances.
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