I don't think you'll ever get her back at the East again, Mrs.
Worthington.

There seems a strong determination on the part of several persons to keep her here." "What do you mean ?" But Mrs.Hope, who believed in the old proverb about not addling eggs by meddling with them prematurely, refused to say another word.

Clover, when questioned, "could not imagine what Mrs.Hope meant;" and Katy had to go away with her curiosity unsatisfied.

Clarence came in once while she was there, but she did not see Mr.Templestowe.
Katy's last gift to Clover was a pretty tea-pot of Japanese ware.

"I meant it for Cecy," she explained.