CHAPTER XXIX.
THE MAJOR DEMANDS AN EXPLANATION.
That was a happy week, indeed.

Patsy devoted all her spare time to her lessons, but the house itself demanded no little attention.

She would not let Mary dust the ornaments or arrange the rooms at all, but lovingly performed those duties herself, and soon became an ideal housekeeper, as Uncle John approvingly remarked.
And as she flitted from room to room she sang such merry songs that it was a delight to hear her, and the Major was sure to get home from the city in time to listen to the strumming of the piano at three o'clock, from the recess of his own snug chamber.
Uncle John went to the city every morning, and at first this occasioned no remark.

Patsy was too occupied to pay much attention to her uncle's coming and going, and the Major was indifferent, being busy admiring Patsy's happiness and congratulating himself on his own good fortune.
The position at the bank had raised the good man's importance several notches.

The clerks treated him with fine consideration and the heads of the firm were cordial and most pleasant.