That would be eight months, and at the end of that time she would have finished her sophomore year.

Then she could get something pleasant to do through the summer vacation.

That would give her some money for clothes for next year.

Perhaps by that time we could find some nice people for her to stay with, or if we liked her well enough, we could go on having her with us.

I'll ask my mother to-morrow, and you girls might do the same." "Miriam Nesbit, what a perfectly lovely plan!" exclaimed Grace Harlowe with rapture.