“And now, Pearl?” resumed Compton.
Pearl arose smiling and made her curtsy.
“Encore!” cried everybody, led by Compton.
Pearl was always ready to smile and curtsy. Nothing loath she repeated the performance three times handrunning.
“I want to say,” said Pearl, “that my best love and wishes go to Bobby and his mother. And, Mr. Compton, Peggy has brought her violin along. She thought, perhaps, that some one might ask her to play.”
“Fine!” said Compton. “We’ll not forget that. And now, Peggy, it’s your turn.”
Peggy arose radiant.
“I’ll say what Pearl said,” she declared. “For Bobby and his mother I have heaps of love. And Pearl has brought along her dancing shoes. She told me that some one might ask her to dance.”
“Splendid! We’ll have an entertainment presently. Now, Bobby?”
“I say,” cried Bobby, “that Uncle John is the finest man in the world.”