We travel most of the time, and I get very tired of it," she concluded with a little pout.
"'Heartsease' ?" cried the girls in chorus.

"Do you live at 'Heartsease' ?" "Yes," said the stranger curiously.

"Is there anything peculiar about it ?" "Oh, no," Grace hastened to reply.

"The reason we are interested is because we know the owner of the property, Mrs.Gray, very well." "Oh, do you know her ?" replied Eleanor lightly.

"Isn't she a dainty, little, old creature?
She looks like a Dresden shepherdess grown old.
For an elderly woman, she really is interesting." "We call her our fairy godmother," said Anne, "and love her so dearly that we never think of her as being old." There had been something about the careless words that jarred upon Anne.
"Oh, I am sure she is all that is delightful," responded Miss Savell, quickly divining that Anne was not pleased at her remark.