'Oh! Sis, do> go,' Agnes pleaded.
'Perhaps I'd better,' she agreed, but with the misgivings of diffidence. 'I haven't a rag to wear. I really must have a new dress, father, at once.'
'Hast forgotten as that there coachman's waiting?' he remarked curtly.
'Shall I run and tell him you'll go?' Agnes suggested. 'It 'll be splendid for you.'
'Don't be silly, dear. I must write.'
'Well, write then,' said the child energetically. 'I'll get you the ink and paper.' She flew about and hovered over Anna while the answer to the invitation was being written. Anna made her reply as short and simple as possible, and then tendered it for her father's inspection. 'Will that do?'
He pretended to be nonchalant, but in fact he was somewhat interested.
'Thou's forgotten to put th' date in,' was all his comment, and he threw the note back.
'I've put Wednesday.'
'That's not the date.'