Azalea pulled herself together and stopped laughing.

“I know I’m silly, pa, but I’m so happy! You can’t think how happy I am! There now, don’t you try to tell me not to be too happy, because I’ve simply got to be happy to-night. Now, I’ll be good and talk like a sensible person all the rest of the ride. I want to tell you more about Mr. Summers, and my cousin Barbara.”

“Your cousin Barbara?”

“Yes, Mrs. Summers, you know. She’s so little she seems almost like a girl. And we made up our minds to be kin.”

“Oh, you did, did you?”

“Yes. We’re going to write to each other just like we were cousins. See?”

“Eh-huh.”

“I just love her!”

“There you go again.”

“Well, I can’t help it if I do. Tell me about Carin, pa.”