“I send all my love to you, my sweetheart.
“Your own,
“Theodore.”
Jinnie kissed the words “my sweetheart” too, and then joyfully slipped the letter inside her dress. She daren’t speak of his coming, for how could she conceal her happiness from Lafe?
At two o’clock, she said to Peggy:
“May I take Bobbie for a little walk, dear?”
The blind child heard the request and scrambled up.
“Can I go, Peggy?” he pleaded.
Peg glared at the girl.