"Yes, you go to the Vicarage and see Eliza, while I go to school and tell Miss Martin," said Minnie; for she thought it would do her mother good to have a word with the Vicar, as she had talked so fast that Minnie, too, was afraid she might be ill again.
Mrs. Brown was so impatient to reach the Vicarage that she did not notice that Minnie lingered behind to speak to Jessie after she was gone.
"I never saw mother just like this before," she said, as soon as the door closed after her.
"But the news is really true, Minnie?" said Jessie, in a questioning tone.
"What do you mean, Jessie?" asked Minnie.
"Well, I met Mrs. Tate before I came here, and she said your mother had gone out of her mind; and, you see, nobody ever heard of such a thing as this before, and so—"
"Oh, you think the letter never came to tell us such wonderful news!" interrupted Minnie.
"Well, Mrs. Tate seemed to think the trouble about Fanny had turned your mother's brain," said Jessie.
Minnie could afford to laugh at this suggestion. "Oh no; it is quite true about the letter. I saw it and read every word, and mother has sent it on to father, and I hope he will come home as soon as he gets it, for fear the good news should make mother ill. Selina said she knew the nasty letter would make her bad again, and she wanted to tear it up, only I said it would not be right, and mother must have it."
Jessie laughed. "That's just like you Browns. If a thing is right, or you think it is right, then it must be done, no matter what happens through it," said Jessie.