mamma would want to see Klara at once and
would wish to find her alone. So she sat in one
corner of her room repeating the new mode of
address that she had been told to use. She had
not dared to question the housekeeper about it,
but had concluded that she must have misunder-
stood the lady, since she had never heard anyone
addressed otherwise than as Frau or Madam with
the name following. She determined to act
accordingly, and before long Tinette appeared in
the doorway to say in her usual short way: --

"Go into the study."

As Heidi opened the door of the study the
grandmamma called out in a cheery voice: --

"Why, here is the little girl! Come here, my
child, and let me look at you."

As Heidi stepped up to her the child said in a
clear voice and very distinctly: --

"Good-evening, Madam Gracious!"

"Why, that is a new way!" said the grand-
mamma with a smile; "but why not? Is that what
they say at home, in the Alps?"

"No; there is no one of that name at home,"
said Heidi very gravely.

"Nor here, either," was the grandmamma's
laughing reply as she patted the child on the cheek.
"That won't do for the nursery; I am simply
'grandmamma' to the little folks, and that is what

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