"I forgot to mention till this moment that I met Aunt Mary this morning at the Wind Farm, and that she gave me a letter for father, and said that she and Aunt Aggie were lunching with the Copes." "Poor Copes!" ejaculated Fay.
"And would both come on here afterwards to an early tea," continued Bessie, taking no notice of the interruption.

"Aunt Mary desired that you would not have hot scones for tea, as Aunt Aggie is always depressed after them.

She said there was no objection to them cold, and buttered, but not hot." "I shall have tea in my own room then," once more broke in Fay.

"I can't stand Aunt Mary.

She is always preaching at me." "It is a pity that Fay is disinclined to share the undoubted burden of entertaining our relatives," said Bessie, addressing herself exclusively to Magdalen, "as I do not feel able to defer my visit to the Carters any longer." Magdalen struggled hard against a smile, and kept it under.
"Possibly the aunts are coming over to consult father about a private matter," she said.