"Oh, I know, I know!" cried the little girls simultaneously; "I know your grand idea, Miss Jameson."
"You mean us to get some dolls and dress them," said Kate, "and then give them to the poor little children in the hospital. Oh, that will be nice; that will be far nicer than dressing them for ourselves."
"I am very glad you think so," said Miss Jameson; "what do you say to it, Florrie?"
"Oh, it will be splendid!" she exclaimed. "I only wish we could begin to-night."
"It will be 'more blessed' than keeping the dolls ourselves," said Gertie, who had repeated for her text that morning the words: "It is more blessed to give than to receive."
"You might make some scrap-books too if you like," said Miss Jameson; "there are plenty of pictures and Christmas cards that you could use. Harry could help with that perhaps."
"Oh, what a splendid idea!" said Kate, and immediately rushed away to examine her store of Christmas cards.
"What shall we dress the dolls in?" asked Florrie; "will you buy some stuff; Miss Jameson?"
"I shall have to buy some, I daresay," she replied; "but I was thinking that we might ask Mr. Carter, the draper, if he could give us some scraps. I am sure he would be glad to help, if he knew what you were going to do."
"Oh, I daresay he would," said Florrie; "he gave me a lovely piece of pink satin one day, and I made it into a hood for Belinda."