11/19 Mrs.Harlowe greeted her daughter's friends as affectionately as though they were her own children. "Did you bring your work, girls, or is it to be a case of idle hands ?" "Idle hands!" exclaimed Nora. Jessica has a blouse to finish and I have innumerable initials to embroider." "I am the only idle one," confessed Anne. "I am sorry to say that I haven't the least desire to be industrious. |