Chapter 11 UP IN THE MORNING EARLY.

"One! two! three! four! five! six!" said the clock in the hall.

"Yes, I know it!" replied Hildegarde, sitting up in bed; and then she slipped quietly out and went to call Rose.

"Get up, you sleepy flower!" she said, shaking her friend gently,-

"à l'heure où s'éveille la rose,

Ne vas-tu pas te réveiller?"

Rose sighed, as she always di