And if Miss Suzy had said, “She will murder Jim,” and they had believed her, her words could not have caused more consternation.
“Yes, she will!” repeated the elder sister.
“Marry Jim! Our Jim! Oh no! she’s a pretty girl, and a clever girl, and a good girl! and we like her! but we can’t afford to let her have our Jim! Our Jim must not marry!”
CHAPTER XXX.
AN UNEXPECTED MEETING IN THE HOSPITAL.
Forgot were hatred, wrongs and fears;
The plaintive voice alone she hears,
Sees but the dying man.—Scott.
When Elfie got back to the parsonage she found Erminie waiting for her in the library, where the dinner table for two had been set.
At Elfie’s age girls can eat a hearty luncheon and immediately afterwards eat a hearty dinner, and suffer no inconvenience from indigestion either.
So Elfie sat down to the table and opened her napkin.