"I give it up," replied Miss Cordelia in a very rich, voice.
"Three photographs of young men!"
The two sisters gazed at each other, quite overcome, and if you had been there you would have seen that if they had held fans in their hands, they would have fanned themselves with vigour.
"Didn't you hear anything of this—in Charleston?" asked Miss Cordelia at last.
"Not a word, my dear. I heard she was very popular; that was all."
"'Popular'…!"
"The one thing, perhaps, that we have never been."
Miss Cordelia shook her head and made a helpless gesture. "Well," she said at last, "I must confess we were looking for an antidote … but I never thought we'd be quite so successful…."
CHAPTER VI
A few weeks after her arrival, Helen and Mary were walking to the post-office. Helen had a number of letters to mail, her correspondents being active and her answers prompt.