Land alive, Elizabeth, you ought to be so thankful that you've got children with any get up and get to them in this day and age.

The Judge and I were saying just the other night it seems as if most of the young folks up around here haven't got any pluck or initiative at all.

They're born to feel that they're heirs of grace, and most of them are sure of having a farm or wood-lot in their own right, sooner or later." So the steamer trunk stood open most of the time, and Kit prepared for her pilgrimage to Delphi.

Mr.Robbins was inclined to take it as rather a good joke on the Dean, but the mother bird could not get over a certain little feeling of conscience in the matter, perhaps because she could remember her own visit with her uncle and aunt, and still retained a certain feeling of veneration for the two old people.

But the rest of the family pinned its faith on Kit's persuasive adaptability.
Helen and Doris, especially, felt that, if anything, the Robbins family was conferring a high favor on the "Oracle of Delphi." Kit had always been the starter and organizer ever since they could remember, and Helen especially dreaded going back to school without her.
"Piney and Sally will go over with you," Kit told her, cheerfully, "and just think of the wonderful letters you'll have from me, Helenita.