"Elder?" said Ethelwyn, after a hard think.
"Yes."
"I didn't really know there was such a tree, but I had heard something like it, and thought there wasn't a younger tree."
"One of the little girls was named Louise and the other Minerva, and people grew to calling them by their initials, which together made—"
"Elm," said Beth.
"They were very good children, and people used to say what a nice—"
"Pear," they both said at once.
"They were. They had cheeks like a—"
"Peach."
"It was spring, and they were invited to a sugaring off party, and they saw the men tap the trees to make—"