"Oh, we'll never think it is too much," declared Polly with conviction, and the others echoed her.
So they all trooped out to Ellis. "We have the loveliest plan," Molly began eagerly.
"You can have all your time," put in Polly.
"I am so very pleased to be able to do something for you when you were so kind to me," said Mary earnestly.
Ellis looked bewildered.
"The girls propose to take care of your brother's little baby for a week, Ellis," Miss Ada explained.
"Oh, I can't let 'em do that," said Ellis bashfully.
"Oh, but we are just wild to," Polly assured him.
"Yes, we truly are," Molly insisted. "We adore babies. When can you bring her over, Ellis? Shall we keep her day and night, Aunt Ada, and may she sleep with me?"
"Oh, Ora's sister says she can take her at night," Ellis hastened to say. "She can't leave home very well, and she is too busy during the day to look out for her, for she has a lot of children, but none of them are little small babies; the youngest is three, and she says she doesn't mind having the baby at night."