"Well," said Uncle Hal, much pleased to think she liked it all, "I can't say that I really knew, but I did try pretty hard to guess."
"Now as soon as the trunk comes," continued Mary Jane, "let's unpack it and show him our new dresses. We've new shoes too," she added proudly, "for Class Day you know."
"Fine!" replied her uncle, "I know I'm going to be proud as a peacock of my family when I introduce them around to-morrow. But I'll tell you, Mary Jane," he added persuasively, "I know how slow those expressmen are commencement week and you don't. Suppose we keep the dress for a surprise to me to-morrow and go for a walk now while I have some time."
"I'd like that," agreed Mary Jane, "only what'll they do if the trunk comes while we are walking?"
"They put it in your room all ready for you," said Uncle Hal.
"Then I'm going walking with you," announced Mary Jane.
"And I'm going too," said Alice, "I just can't hardly wait till I see everything."
"And I'm going too," laughed Mrs. Merrill, as she put her hat back on, "because I don't want to miss anything either."
"Aren't we missing something anyway?" asked Alice as they walked from the room.
Mrs. Merrill and Hal looked back into the room.