"It did make the back of my neck ache," said Delight; "but I don't mind, it's such fun to see the picture come."
CHAPTER XIV
A PLEASANT SCHOOL
The next day lessons began. Miss Hart and Mrs. Spencer agreed that it would be better for the two little girls to have regular school hours, and Delight was glad to have Marjorie at her lessons with her.
Midge herself was not overpleased at the prospect, but her parents had approved of the plan, and had sent over her school-books.
The play-room was used as a school-room, and a pleasant enough room it was.
When the girls went in, at nine o'clock, it didn't seem a bit like school.
Miss Hart, in a pretty light house-dress, sat in a low rocker by the window. There was nothing suggesting a desk, and on a near-by table were a few books and a big bowl of flowers.
The girls sat where they chose, on the couch or in chairs, and as Midget told her mother afterward, it seemed more like a children's party than school.
"First, let's read a story," said Miss Hart, and Marjorie's eyes opened wider than ever.