“Oh yes; very—very.”
“And of Nora too?”
“Very; I love you both most dearly.”
“And you love mother?”
“Not as I love you two, but I do love her.”
“And you love Augusta?”
Nan was silent.
“I thought you did; you are so much together, and you do such a lot of things for her. Sometimes Nora and I are rather angry when we see you trotting here and there, up and down stairs, fetching and carrying for Gussie. It is all very well, but Gus ought not to put things on you. If you do not like her, why do you do it?”
“Oh! never mind, Kitty. I do it because”——
“Well, because of what?”