If I had known
anything of his feelings beforehand, I should have been prepared
to behave more properly; but--O Helen, I'm so glad I DIDN'T know!
I should be the happiest being that ever lived, if I wasn't afraid
that you and your husband might think that I had given myself away
too hastily. As to other people, we will see that they don't know
a word about it for months to come.
"DO write that I was not to blame, and make believe accept me as a
sister, because I CAN'T offer to give Harry up to any one else you
may have picked out for him. "Your sincere friend,
"ALICE MAYTON."
Was there ever so delightful a reveille? All the boyishness in me
seemed suddenly to come to the surface, and instead of saying and
doing the decorous things which novelists' heroes do under similar
circumstances, I shouted "Hurrah!" and danced into the children's
room so violently that Budge sat up in bed, and regarded me with
reproving eyes, while Toddie burst into a happy laugh, and
volunteered as a partner in the dance. Then I realized that the
rain was over, and the sun was shining--I could take Alice out for
another drive, and until then the children could take care of
themselves. I remembered suddenly, and with a sharp pang, that my
vacation was nearly at an end, and I found myself consuming with
impatience to know how much longer Alice would remain at
Hillcrest.
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