“So this is you children’s garden surprise, dear! Isn’t it beautiful!” There were tears of joy in their mother’s eyes.
“Were there ever such children!” exclaimed their grandmother.
“If there are any more wonderful, I have yet to see them!” Aunt Maria’s nose went up into the air with pride.
“Jolly good gardener, Bill!” Bob slapped his friend on the back.
“What you’ll be next year,” Billy retorted.
“Father hasn’t said a word!” Mary Frances suddenly discovered.
“I’ve been speechless with surprise, dear,” he said. “It certainly paid to wait to see such a garden. The flowers are wonderful!”
“Why, haven’t you seen the garden before this?” everybody asked, and he told the whole story.
As he finished, Bob and Eleanor’s father spoke. “I’m gladder than ever that Bob’s to go away to Billy’s school!”