“You have never been to New York?”
“Oh, no!” with a wonder in her tone.
“Then it will be a great treat. Can she be ready by tomorrow morning?”
“Will she be really needed?”
“Oh, yes, tomorrow is set for the finishing of her business; I must get back early. There is a big fight on another estate. What an amount of litigation money does make! This has been clear sailing after we found all the heirs and fenced out all those who had no claim. Miss Marilla Bond, I congratulate you, and I should really like to hear Mrs. Johnson on the subject. Were you happy there?”
“I liked it better at Mrs. Borden’s, but it is best here,” she answered.
They branched off into several amusing episodes. Miss Armitage ordered some coffee and cake. Lorimer glanced at the chess men.
“Why were you on the side of the white queen?” he asked.
“Because—because I chose her for Miss 249 Armitage, and nothing must happen to her.”
Oh! There was an earnest of love in the beautiful eyes. She was a charming little girl.