"No." Patty shook her head. "I knew the minute I saw her that we were going to be. I like her, don't you, daddy?"
"If she is as nice as she looks, I do," was the reply, and Marian felt much pleased at being made of such consequence. She was not used to being noticed and these friendly people pleased her. She wondered if her father would be as cheery, and as affectionately disposed as Mr. Robbins. She would ask this pleasant man about her father some day when they were better acquainted.
"Now, let me see, what is the programme?" said Mr. Robbins to his elder daughter.
"We three females are going shopping. I am to buy Patty a coat. Is there anything else I am to get for the family?"
"Dear me, yes. I have a long list that your Aunt Barbara gave me; she said you would know. I have it somewhere about me." He felt in his pockets and presently brought out the list which Miss Dorothy looked over.
"Oh, these will not be much trouble," she assured him. "They are all little things. I can easily see to them all."
"That is good; I am glad to have that responsibility removed," said her father. "You will want some money, I suppose."
"Yes, but not very much," Miss Dorothy smiled encouragingly. She knew too well the many demands upon that none-too-well-filled pocketbook, and when her father took out a roll of bills and handed them to her she gave some back to him. "I shall not need all that," she told him. "Patty's coat is the only really expensive thing I shall have to get."
"Very well, then," said her father, "but you must be sure to have enough. Now, where shall we meet for lunch?"
"Oh, are we all to lunch together?" said Miss Dorothy in a pleased voice. "Suppose we go to Griffin's; it is a nice quiet place."