"It won't be so very long even if we do go," Nan assured her; "not more than a month."
"Oh, I shall keep busy improving each shining hour," said Jo cheerfully, "and it will be so good to have you back again."
"That's one way of looking at it," laughed Nan. "Oh, I do hope we can go."
"Go where?" asked Jack who had just come in.
"To Spain," Nan told her. "Mr. St. Nick has written to say that he will not take no for an answer. He wanted the whole Corner family to come, but mother says it is out of the question, so it has dwindled down to Mary Lee and I, if any one goes at all. Who's your letter from?"
"Carter."
"Carter? Well, he is nice not to forget us. What does he say?"
"Read it." Jack handed over her letter which Nan must have found not only interesting but amusing, as she laughed many times before she had finished reading. "Cart is a nice boy," she said as she folded up the sheet. "I shall be glad to see him again."
"It will be many a long day before you do," remarked Mary Lee.