"Yes, dear," he said with a comforting sound in his voice. "Perhaps it would be best to wait a little, until Betty returns, or in the summer. You can come over Friday night and spend Sunday, and brush up on Latin, and brush me up on French, and we will have a nice visit."
"Oh, thank you, thank you. Uncle Win—if I could be two little girls——"
"I want you all, complete. We will keep it to think about."
Then Miss Recompense said supper was ready, and Doris wiped the tears out of her eyes and smiled. But the pressure of her hand as they walked out confessed that she belonged to him.
CHAPTER XIII
VARIOUS OPINIONS OF LITTLE GIRLS
"You have kept up wonderfully for being absent a whole week. You haven't fallen back a bit," said Mrs. Webb.
Doris flushed with delight. The little training Uncle Winthrop had given her had borne fruit.
But she was shocked that Jimmie boy was so bad he had to be punished with the ruler. He had been punished twice in the week before.