But now Elliott, too, remembered something. “Oh, Father! Quincy has scarlet fever!”
“Scarlet fever? When did he come down?”
“Just to-day. They suspected it yesterday, and Stannard came over to Phil Tracy’s. To-day the doctor made sure. So Maude and Grace are going right on from the wedding to that Western ranch where they were invited. All their outfits are in the house here, but they will get new ones in New York.”
“Where’s James?”
“Uncle James went to the hotel, and Aunt Margaret, of course, is quarantined. Quincy isn’t very sick. They’ve postponed all their house-parties for two months.”
“H’m. Where do they think the boy caught it?”
“Not an idea. He came home from school Thursday.”
“Well, Cedarville will be minus Camerons for a while, won’t it?”
“It certainly will. Both houses closed—or Uncle James’s virtually so. Do you know what Aunt Nell is coming for?”