18/21 Don't you see that it is Philip's head with Mary's on that shilling ?" "Whew!" teased Kitty. "Two proposals in one evening, Mary. See what the charm has done for you already!" Mary knew that they were joking, but she turned the color of her dress, and sat twiddling the coin between her thumb and finger, too embarrassed to look up. They sat so long at the table that it was almost train-time when Eugenia went up-stairs to put on her travelling-dress. She made a pretty picture, pausing midway up the stairs in her bridal array, the veil thrown back, and her happy face looking down on the girls gathered below. |