“Ma, it’s from aunt Amy!”
“From aunt Amy!” repeated Mrs. Brown.
“Yes, mother, and she says she is coming to see us next week. O, I am so glad—ain’t you, mother?”
“Yes, Minnie, I shall be very glad to see my sister.”
“She wants me to write to her directly, and tell her if it will be convenient for you to have her come. What shall I write, mother?”
“You may say we shall be very happy to see her at that time.”
“Shall I answer the letter at once, mother?”
“You may, Minnie. Though, perhaps, you had better let me read it first.”
Minnie blushed a little, as she handed the letter to her mother. She had been too hurried, and her mother’s request sounded like a kind rebuke. Minnie’s gentle spirit felt it, and she grew more quiet, as she waited for her mother to read the letter.
“There, my child, that will do,” said Mrs. Brown, giving her the letter again. “Now you may go to your chamber and write as pretty a reply as you can to your aunt, inviting her to come, as she proposes.”