It's a sad loss.

That's why I want you to have a splendid, happy girlhood.

And I hope your first party will be one you'll remember all your life with pleasure." "I dreamed last night I was at the dance and right in the middle of things I discovered I was dressed in my kimono and bedroom shoes," sighed Rilla.

"I woke up with a gasp of horror." "Speaking of dreams--I had an odd one," said Miss Oliver absently.

"It was one of those vivid dreams I sometimes have--they are not the vague jumble of ordinary dreams--they are as clear cut and real as life." "What was your dream ?" "I was standing on the veranda steps, here at Ingleside, looking down over the fields of the Glen.