gh we have not quite got through with our
papers. But we can finish them at home."

So Rollo and Carlos got into the carriage, and all the party went home
to dinner.

CHAPTER X.

ROLLO'S NARRATIVE.

One evening, when Rollo had been making a long excursion during the day
with his uncle George, and had dined with him, at the close of it, at a
restaurant's in the Boulevards, he went home about eight o'clock to the
hotel to see his father and mother and Jennie, and tell them where he
had been. He found his mother in her room putting on her bonnet. She
said she was going to take a ride along the Boulevards with a gentleman
and lady who were going to call for her.

"And where is father?" said Rollo.

"He has gone to bed, and is asleep by this time. You must be careful not
to disturb him."

"And Jennie?" asked Rollo.

"She has gone to bed, too," said his mother; "but she is not asleep, and
I presume she will be very glad to see you. You can go in her room."

"Well, I will," said Rollo. "But, mother, I should like to go and ride
with you. Will there be room for me?"

"Yes," said his mother. "There will be room, I suppose, in the carriage;
but it would not be proper for me to take you, for I am going on an
invitation from others. The invitation was to me alone, and I have no
right to extend it to any body else.

"But this you can do, if you please," continued his mother. "You can
take our carriage, and let Alfred drive you, and so follow along after
our party. Only in that case you would not have any company. You would
be in a carriage alone."

"Never mind that," said Rollo. "I should like that. I would put the top
back, and then I could see all around. I should have a grand ride. I'll
go. I wish Jennie had not gone to bed; she could have gone with me."

"No," replied his mother; "Jennie is not well to-night. She has got
cold, and she went to bed early on that account. But she will be very
glad to have you go and see her."

So Rollo went into Jennie's room. As soon as he opened the door, Jennie
pushed aside the curtains, and said,--

"Ah, Rollo, is that you? I am very glad that you have come."

"I can't stay but a little while," said Rollo. "I am going to take a
ride with mother."

"Are you going with mother?" asked Jennie.

"Not in the carriage with her," replied Rollo; "but I am going in the
same party. I am going to have a carriage all to myself."

"O, no, Rollo," said Jennie, in a beseeching