"Now," she said, "I'll have a dinner good enough for anybody."
Robert intended to go to the depot to meet his mother, but he went on an expedition with one of his schoolmates, and found that he would scarcely have time to do so. So he returned home.
"Has mother come, Jane?" he asked.
"No, Master Robert, not yet."
He posted himself at the front window, and five minutes later he saw the depot carriage approaching the house.
"She's coming, Jane!" he called out in excitement.
"I forgot to tell you that she's going to bring a visitor."
"How do you know?"
"Because I received a telegraph this morning," answered Jane.
"Did she say who was coming with her?"