"Don't flatter me, Paul. I am probably vain enough already."
"I may thank you at any rate, Miss Dearborn."
Paul rose to go, not wishing to intrude further upon the young lady.
"If you are going home directly, will you object to taking some more work to your mother?"
"I shall be very glad to do it."
"Then wait here five minutes and I will send Sarah to you with a bundle. Say to your mother that I shall be able to give her almost constant employment, as I am interested in a number of poor families for whom I have garments made up as the most useful gifts I can bestow upon them."
"This will be good news to mother."
"Then I shall be the better pleased if I can oblige her while securing excellent work."
Paul went home directly, with the more alacrity because he had such good news to communicate. His mother, as he anticipated, was very much elated by her good fortune.
"It is so different from Miss Framley's way of dealing," she said.