Now why don't you go and see this--what is he ?--cousin of yours, Mr.Cobb, and tell him just how you stand?
Tell him of your prospects and your plans, and get him to advance you another thousand dollars--more, if you can get it.

Why don't you do that ?" Thankful did not answer.

She had few secrets from Emily, whom she loved as dearly as a daughter, but one secret she had kept.

Just why she had kept this one she might not have been able to explain satisfactorily, even to herself.

She had written Emily of her visit to Solomon Cobb's "henhouse" and of the loan on mortgage which had resulted therefrom.