"By and by, Billy." She leaned her head on the chair back, and regarded him with her friendly smile. "I haven't waked up yet. What time is it?"
"Five minutes before three."
"No! Electra'll be sailing in five minutes."
"And in half an hour, the reverend parson will be waiting for us at Bessie Grant's."
"Yes, I know. But let me sit a minute, Billy. I had the most extraordinary dream."
"Last night?"
"No, no. Sitting here in the sun. And yet I didn't think I'd slept a wink. Billy, do you remember the day mother stood me in the corner for going fishing with you, and then, when she found you'd stood yourself in the other corner, she laughed and gave us cookies?"
"Seems to me I do. I'd forgotten, though."
"So had I. I hadn't thought of it for years. Then there was the time Jeanie Lake was married and they found out he'd deceived that girl over in the next township, and Jeanie died of a broken heart."
"What makes you think of it now, Florrie?"