When Barbara and Mildred returned from the chateau Nona sincerely hoped they would bring news of Eugenia’s arrival, since she was growing more than anxious to see her again.
CHAPTER XIX
The Reunion
IN truth, Barbara and Mildred were having a delightful afternoon at the Chateau d’Amélie.
When they arrived, solemnly Fran¸ois invited them into the old French drawing room they so well remembered.
But here, instead of the slender, tiny figure of the old Countess appearing to greet them, a tall, dark young woman came forward, whose hair was wound about her head like a coronet.
“Eugenia!” Barbara exclaimed, and straightway shed several tears, while Eugenia and Mildred laughed at her.
Then the three girls went over and sat down on the same Louis XIV sofa that two of them had once occupied with young Captain Castaigne, on their first visit to the chateau.