Where is your luggage?"
"I brought back, Linda, just what I have on," said Eileen. "I
will begin again where I left off. I realize that I am not
entitled to anything further from the Strong estate, but Uncle
was so unhappy and John says it's all right--really I am the only
blood heir to all they have; I might as well take a comfortable
allowance from it. I am to go to see them a few days of every
month. I can endure that when I know I have John and you to come
back to."
When Eileen had been installed in Linda's old room Linda went
down to the kitchen, shut the door behind her, and leaning
against it, laid her hand over her mouth to suppress a low laugh.
"Katy," she said, "I've been and gone and done it; I have put the
perfect lady in my old room. That will be a test of her
sincerity--even dainty and pretty as it is since it's been done
over. If she is sincere enough to spend the summer getting ready
to marry John Gilman--why that is all right, old girl. We can
stand it, can't we?"
"Yes," said Katy, "it's one of them infernal nuisances but we can
stand it. I'm thinkin', from the looks of John Gilman and his
manner of spakin', that it ain't goin' to be but a very short
time that he'll be waitin'."
"Katy," said Linda, "isn't this the most entertaining world?
Doesn't it produce the most lightning-like changes, and don't the
most unexpected things happen? Sort of dazes me. I had planned
to take a little run with you and the Cat.
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