Grace had been writing busily for some time.
"Any one else, Aunt Caroline?" she asked.
"I believe I have included every one. Let me think. Oh, I came near forgetting Major Ashton. How stupid of me!"
"Major Ashton," repeated Grace, as she wrote the name.
"It would have been singular if we had forgotten to include him," said the elder lady.
"I did not forget him," returned Grace.
"Then why did you not remind me?"
"I suppose because I was not very anxious to have him invited."
"Yet he did you the honor of offering you his hand?"
"He may have considered it an honor; I didn't," said Grace, decidedly.