To be sure, she went about looking owlishly wise, but she offered no comment concerning Kathleen's unpleasant attitude.
For the time being Grace had put aside all disturbing thoughts and suspicions, and was preparing to make the most of the four days' vacation.

Mabel Ashe was to be her guest on Thanksgiving Day, and this in itself was sufficient to banish everything save pleasurable anticipations from her mind.

Then, too, there was so much to be done.
The Monday evening preceding Thanksgiving Grace hurried through her lessons and, closing her books before she was at all sure that she could make a creditable recitation in any of her subjects, settled herself to the important task of letter-writing.
"There," she announced with satisfaction, after half an hour's steady work, "Father and Mother can't say I forgot them.

Let me see, there are Nora and Jessica, Mrs.Gray and Mabel Allison.

Eleanor owes me a letter, and, oh, I nearly forgot the Southards, and there is Mrs.Gibson.