I hope it won't be too expensive.

I expect to send some money home this year." Grace had listened attentively to Emma's recital.

What a splendid girl Emma was! She had not tried to dodge Life and his inseparable comrades, Trouble and Hard Work.

Instead, she had walked out courageously, fearlessly, to meet them with smiling lips and a merry heart.

Grace was already enlivened by the prospect of having this free-hearted, jolly classmate with her during the college year now opening.
"How I wish you could live near me, Emma," she said longingly.