"But—" uttered Miss Anne.
"You have read it all!"
"Twice through. You see, Frederick would not let it be any expense to us."
Miss Storey held up her head. "If the child came, I certainly would not be paid for it. Quite out of the question!"
"Frederick seems to think he ought not to refuse this offer."
"I suppose he ought not. But—Mary might remain behind for a time."
"And let him go alone? Oh no! And, Millicent, they have nowhere else to send the little one, except to school. Think! School at five years old! Poor wee pet!"
"Other people have the same difficulties, my dear Anne. I do not see that we are called upon to give a home to all the children in the Storey family. It is out of the question. Quite out of the question."
The sparkle in Miss Anne's blue eyes was quenched.
"Then I suppose you will write and tell Frederick that he must send Ivy to school."