She wouldn't stay long at Belle Plain, but while she did remain they must avoid any more crises of the sort through which they had just passed, and presently; she'd be sick of the place.

Tom wagged his head.

She was sick of it already only she hadn't the sense to know it.

It wasn't good enough.

Nothing suited-the house--the grounds--nothing! In the midst of her activities Betty occasionally found time to think of Bruce Carrington.