"I wish I could do some baking!" said Jane.
"Why not learn now—never a time like the present," said Miss Miller, smiling at the eager face.
"S'pose I burn something?"
"Then, try again. It is not with the first trial that we always meet success. Sometimes I have had to do a thing over and over before it was right," replied the Guide.
"It seems like an imposition to ask you to show us how to cook after all the other things you are doing for us," remarked Jane.
"Sometimes a little gratitude expressed in consideration for all one has done before, urges the donor to greater effort. And both giver and receiver are blessed accordingly," said Miss Miller.
The girls were thoughtful, so she continued, "I am so glad to find you appreciative of the little I am doing that I am eager to do more; the lesson in cookery will be one of my expressions of love toward you."
"Maybe we can all watch and learn how to do the biscuits," suggested Zan.
"Of course; as many of you as wish to take the test in cookery can begin this morning," replied Miss Miller.