"No, no," cried Sylvia; "me not bad. Me dood ma'selle."
"Me dood!" announced three year old Montmorency; "me no ky. On'y babies ky. Me bid man!"
"You are good," said Fairy, "and you're a nice big man. Come with me, and I'll show you where I'm going to put this pretty green bird."
"Ess," said the little boy, and grasping hold of Fairy's frock he willingly trotted along by her side.
Whereupon Sylvia, overcoming her bashfulness, concluded she, too, wanted to go with the green bird.
So Celestine and her charges accompanied the Dorrance girls to the north parlor, and there they found the Van Arsdale ladies, who sat waiting in state to receive their newly arrived relatives.
CHAPTER XXI
UPS AND DOWNS
The days that followed were crammed full of both business and pleasure. Dorothy rose each morning, buoyant with eager hope that all would go well, and went to bed each night, rejoicing in the fact that in the main it had done so.