I never did give you that job. It was
merely assumed on your part."
"So it was," said Linda. "But you know I could set that iris and
run that brook with more enthusiasm if I knew the lady who was to
walk beside it."
"You do," said Peter. "You know her better than anyone else,
even better than I. Put that in your mental pipe and smoke it!"
"Saints preserve us!" cried Linda. "I believe the man is
planning to take Katy away from me."
"Not FROM you," said Peter, "WITH you."
"Let me know about it before you do it," said Linda with a
careless laugh.
"That's what I'm doing right now," said Peter.
"And I'm going to school," said Linda.
"Of course," said Peter, "but that won't last forever."
Linda entered enthusiastically upon the triple task of getting
Donald in a proper frame of mind to start to college with the
ambition to do good work, of marrying off Eileen and John Gilman,
and of giving her best brain and heart to Jane Meredith. When
the time came, Donald was ready to enter college comfortable and
happy, willing to wait and see what life had in store for him as
he lived it.
When she was sure of Eileen past any reasonable doubt Linda took
her and John to her workroom one evening and showed them her book
contract and the material she had ready, and gave them the best
idea she could of what yet remained to be done. She was not
prepared for their wholehearted praise, for their delight and
appreciation.
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