"You've no objection to their coming, have you ?" "Good Lord, no.

I'm delighted." "From the way you've argued, any one would have thought you didn't want them." Outraged by the illogic, I gasped; but she broke into a laugh.
"You silly old Hilary," she said.

"Don't you see that Doria must get her trousseau together and Adrian must find a house or a flat, that has to be decorated and furnished, and the poor child hasn't a mother or any sensible woman in the world to look after her but me ?" "I see," said I, "that you intend having the time of your life." * * * * * My prevision proved correct.

In August came the engaged couple and every day Barbara took them up to town and whirled them about from house-agent to house-agent until she found a flat to suit them, and then from emporium to emporium until she found furniture to suit the flat, and from raiment-vendor to raiment-vendor until she equipped Doria to suit the furniture.

She used to return almost speechless with exhaustion; but pantingly and with the glaze of victory in her eyes, she fought all her battles o'er again and told of bargains won.