"Nothing. Only I wondered what would happen next," answered Miriam.
"Happen next! What do you mean? You are not going to tell me she has left her situation and taken that lovely new dress with her."
Miriam shook her head. "She has left her situation, but I don't suppose she has taken the new dress with her, for she has gone to the fever hospital," she said.
"The fever hospital!" almost screamed Mrs. Scott, and retreating from Miriam as though the talking of a fever hospital would convey the infection. "I heard only yesterday that people were being taken to the hospital in hundreds, that they have had to take a house outside the town to send some of the people there because the hospital is so full. And now that poor girl has gone there, you say."
"She's gone to the hospital! Won't they send her clothes with her," asked Miriam.
Her cousin shook her head. "I wish I hadn't been in such a hurry to send that dress home," she said, with a sigh.
"I wish I knew where her mother lived, I would go and tell her all about it," said Miriam.
"Well, I think you ought to know that," said her cousin, "and I ought to have been told before I made that dress. I suppose I may reckon that as lost now;" and Mrs. Scott scolded Miriam for not taking care to know all about her friend before recommending her.
"Oh, I dare say it will be all right, and you will get the money for the dress," said Miriam, crossly; and she bade her cousin good night in no pleasant mood.