He laughs gayly.
"I hope we will live there to a good old age."
"And madame—must she stay there, too?"
"Madame will stay for a little while. And Cecil must be kind and pleasant——"
"I can't like her!" interrupts the child, petulantly.
He studies her with some curiosity. Why should the gracious, beautiful woman be distasteful to her?
"I don't really suppose she will care much," he replies, in a rather teasing spirit.
"But if she doesn't, why should she want me to kiss her?"
"I do not believe she will ask you again. You must not be rude to any one. And you must kiss grandmamma or the aunties if they ask you."
Cecil sets her lips firmly, but makes no reply. Grandon wonders suddenly what charm Aunt Dora possessed, and how people, fathers and mothers, govern children! It is a rather perplexing problem if they turn naughty.