Jaqueline laughed. "No! I think they will take names then."
"They make up parties and go to Analostan Island. And, do you know, there are beautiful falls up the Potomac, ever so far!"
"Yes; they are beautiful, indeed; and we will get the doctor to take us up some time."
"Everything is so"—glancing around for a word—"so interesting. And there are so many people. I like it very much. Only if we could have mamma and Charles and papa! Then, it would be mean to crowd out Varina."
"We'll have the whole household at Christmas."
Louis was very much interested in the surprise and pleasure over everything, and he found Annis quite a delightful companion for walks. She was so eager to hear about the founding of the City.
"It has only come of age," said Louis. "For the cornerstone was laid in 1793."
"And there are cities in Europe over a thousand years old! Oh, what an old world it must be!"
"But we are a new country altogether. Then, we have much older cities."
"After all," she said reflectively, "the ground was here. And some of the houses and the people."