“And why?” questioned Aunt Charlotte.
“'Cause I thought grandma was a peacemaker,” Reginald said, “for she's piecin' a silk patchwork quilt, an' papa said she'd be blessed glad when it's done.”
Aunt Charlotte was the only one who did not laugh, but the small boy was not at all vexed.
“You needn't laugh,” he said to Katie, “for you've seen her makin' pieces out of silk, an' what's the difference between makin' pieces an' peacemakin'?”
[CHAPTER II]
ARABELLA AT SCHOOL
When recess time came Mollie had forgotten to ask Nina if her cousin was to be a pupil, and it happened that neither of the others questioned her.
They were in the midst of a game of hide-and-seek, when Mollie, who, with Nina, was hiding behind a large rosebush, looked up just in time to see the garden gate open.
“Look!” she whispered.
“Why, that's Arabella!” said Nina, “but why has she brought her Aunt Matilda with her?”