“No, I think not,” her mother answered, slowly.
“And shall you have to sew hard all the time?”
“I cannot tell yet what I shall do. I must have time to think it all over. I am very glad to have this dear quiet place as a refuge until I decide how best to take my place in the world. But I am forgetting my duties already; I must go and see about dinner.”
“Jerry lighted the gas stove, and I put the water to boil. Jerry got the potatoes ready, too, and I set the table, so that much is done.”
“Good children.”
“May I run and tell Jerry and John?”
“Yes, I don’t object, but you must not stay. I need my little maid about dinner-time.”
“I know. I won’t stay.” She started to leave the room, but paused with her hand on the knob. “Mother, what does entail mean? To put a tail on something?”
“Yes, in a certain sense. But what do you know about entails?”
“John was telling me something; it’s his secret; he’ll have some money, too, some day, because it’s entailed. I can’t quite understand about it, but he is quite sure.”