"You are as tired as anybody, mamma?" said Ada, yawning.
"No; I have not been shaken to pieces by a delightful donkey!" answered Mrs. Arundel. "I can easily read, if you all like. We will have supper early, and go to bed soon. Netta and Isabel, do you care to sit up?"
"Oh, yes, please mamma! We would not miss that book for anything!"
"Very well; just one chapter then."
[CHAPTER VIII.]
SETTING TO WORK.
WHEN Walter and Arthur were returning together next morning from their early bath, Walter referred to the conversation of the previous evening.
"Have you thought at all about it, Arthur?" he asked.