"How long are you likely to be able to stay?" asked Mrs. Arundel. "Or perhaps you do not know?"
"I think three clear months. So, as my father tells me you are here for a month, if you will have me, I have come to stay."
"Indeed we will," said Mrs. Arundel; "and shall only be too delighted."
"I have brought something for all of you to do!"
"Have you?" said Arthur. "What sort of thing?"
"Ah! I am going to leave you in uncertainty till the day after to-morrow."
"What an age!" exclaimed Ada. "But, after all, I do not expect it will be anything nice to do."
Nellie looked pained. "I dare say it will, Ada; Walter would not propose anything disagreeable."
"We shall see," said Ada.
"I am sure it will be nice," said Isabel; "for Walter looks so kind!"