"Well, Molly?"
"Don't be provoked, dear, but I've sometimes thought you would marry
Jasper."
"Why, child?" trying not to color beneath the searching young eyes.
"Oh, he always seemed to like you so well; and Miss Prue too, I think she wanted it anyhow."
Sara hesitated a moment, then said gently,—
"I should consider it a great compliment if Miss Prue had felt so—and that makes me think—I must not delay longer to write her of these new plans of ours. And now, dear little sister, go to Mrs. Macon yourself, and tell her your decision. She is waiting in her own room."
"But you'll come with me, Sara?"
"No, child, best go alone."
"But what shall I say?" diffidently.
"Now, Molly, as if you were ever at a loss."