"One o'clock!" both girls exclaimed at once; "it can't be!"
But it was, and as they scampered away to make themselves tidy for luncheon, Marjorie said: "Oh! isn't she lovely! Do you always have a governess like that, Delight?"
"No, indeed! My last one was strict and stern, and just heard my lessons out of books. And if I missed a word she scolded fearfully."
"I never saw anybody like Miss Hart! why that kind of school is play."
"Yes, I think so too. And it's lovely to have you here. It's so much more interesting than to have my lessons alone."
"Oh, Miss Hart would make it interesting for anybody, alone or not. But I'll be here for two weeks, I suppose. I don't mind it so much if we have school like that every day."
"And picture puzzles every evening."
"Yes, and kittens all day long!" Marjorie picked up two or three of the furry little balls, that were always under foot, and squeezed them.
At luncheon they gave Mrs. Spencer such a glowing account of their "school" that Miss Hart was quite overcome by their praise.
"It's all because they're such attentive pupils," she said modestly.