"Did it pay?" asked Priscilla.
Patty laughed and murmured softly:
| "'The King of France rode up the hill with full ten thousand men; |
| The King of France did gain the top, and then rode down again.'" |
"What are you talking about?" demanded Priscilla.
"Old English," said Patty, as she sat down at her desk and commenced on the three days' work she had missed.
VIII
The Deceased Robert
T was ten o'clock, and Patty, having just read her ethics over for the third time without comprehending it, had announced sleepily, "I shall have to be good by inspiration; I can't seem to grasp the rule," when a knock sounded on the door and a maid appeared with the announcement, "Mrs. Richards wishes to see Miss Wyatt."