“To Philadelphia!” said Ida, in surprise. “Not that I know of.”
“Why, you're most there now.”
“Are we, Mrs. Hardwick?” asked Ida, looking in her companion's face.
“It isn't far from there where we're going,” said the nurse, shortly. “Boy, I'll take two of your apples and four seed-cakes. And now you'd better go along, for there's somebody by the stove that looks as if he wanted to buy of you.”
William looked back as if he would like to question Ida farther, but her companion looked forbidding, and he passed on reluctantly.
“Who is that boy?” asked the nurse, abruptly.
“His name is William Fitts.”
“Where did you get acquainted with him?”
“He went to school with Jack, so I used to see him sometimes.”
“With Jack! Who's Jack?”