“That will be all.”
“Only six! Why I’ve seen a heap of girls at church, Aunt Lucinda!”
“A what, Elizabeth?”
“Ever ’n’ ever so many, Aunt Lucinda.”
“Certainly.”
“Won’t the others be disappointed?”
“Really, Elizabeth, I do not know.”
“But, Aunt Lucinda, aren’t there to be any boys? Isn’t Alec coming?”
“The invitations are all written, Elizabeth.”
“Don’t you like boys, Aunt Lucinda?”