"But what about Louis?"
"I have been wondering whether I couldn't take him with me."
"It would be terrible hard work to lug a baby 'round all the time."
"If you went I should be relieved of the greater portion of that care."
"It seems as if you had pretty nigh made up your mind already."
"There is only one thing which prevents me, and I can't figure it out," the little woman said with an air of anxiety.
"What is it?" Jack asked in surprise.
"I don't know that it is prudent to spare the money. You see it won't be long now before the summer boarders come, and it costs a great deal to get ready for them."
Jack could make no reply. This was a question about which he was ignorant, and there was a certain hesitation on his part regarding the discussion of such a subject when he could do nothing to forward the matter by pecuniary aid.
No more was said until after breakfast, when Mrs. Hayes came in, looking excited and breathless.