Wind thread around stitches
“Oh, dear Aunt Maria, how perfectly grand!” kissing the old lady again and again. “Have you had lunch? Grandma always takes an outing on Wednesday afternoons, and she’ll be so sorry not to be home to welcome you!”
“But I feel very welcome,” laughed Aunt Maria, “and I have had lunch, thank you, my dear.”
“Then you can come right up-stairs,” said Mary Frances, leading the way to the guest-room.
“Come
right
up-stairs”
After taking off her hat and smoothing her hair, Aunt Maria began:
“What are you doing, child, all alone this afternoon—are you often alone? You have no chance to cook here, I imagine.”
“No, Aunt Maria,” said Mary Frances. “I’m very busy, never-the-less.”