“Lizzie and Elvira, of course,” Rosario answered.
“I will when the wedding day is fixed.”
“It will soon be, when George arrives,” Doña Josefa said.
“That will be time enough for my work,” said Mercedes, looking from her book down the valley, towards the Darrell house, as if casually observing from under the awning the green meadows below.
“What made you come here? The back veranda is entirely shaded, and much cooler. I have been waiting for you there. Pshaw!” said Victoriano, coming forward and stretching open a hammock to throw himself into it.
“Had we known that, we would all have rushed there,” said Corina Holman.
“In a perfect stampede,” added Rosario.
“I thought you had gone with your father,” Doña Josefa said.
“No, he said he might stay to lunch at aunt's. It is too hot a day to be riding about in the sun.”
“Certainly, after having been in the moon for two months the change of temperature might hurt you,” said Amelia Holman.