"Then, when she will not come, you go to her?" he asked.
"Oh, she always comes," said Violet; "some time in the day."
"Some time in the day!"
"According to what she has to do. Only letter days she always came early, and left the work till she got back."
"Some of it," corrected Rose. "But there's no letter due from Magnus to-day, you know, so we cannot tell when she will be here."
"Now that is too bad!" said Mr. Kindred, pushing back his chair. "Coming to hear my letters, and not coming to see me!"
"Well, the letters were very interesting, you know——" Violet began, and then thought it prudent to vanish.
"But, my dear," said Mrs. Kindred, "as you must of course go up there this morning yourself before you pay any other visits, I do not see how it really matters."
"No, of course," said Magnus briskly. "Oh, mammy, I wish you'd pick out a lot of such easy duties for me."
"We cannot go with you," said Rose, "because we also have something to do; but we will come after you. You must wear your cadet clothes for Mr. Erskine."