"It will be, as soon as I have got the deed, and handed over the money."
"Oh, I'm so glad!" she cried, clapping her hands with delight. "And we're to be 'lowed to go there to stay in two weeks, aren't we? I thought that was what Miss Elliott said."
"Yes: can you get all your possessions packed up by that time?"
"Yes, indeed, papa: one day would be enough time for that."
"And if you should happen to forget one of the dollies, you could go back for her," remarked the doctor.
"Or replace it with a new one," said the captain.
"But I love all my dollies, papa," she returned, with a wistful look up into his face: "they're my children, you know. Would you be satisfied with another new little girl 'stead of me?"
"No, indeed!" he replied, bending down to kiss her cheek. "If I had another new little girl given me, I should want to hold fast to my little Gracie too; and you shall keep all your dollies as long as you please."
Lulu and Max started on their walk to Fairview about the same time that
Dr. Conly drove away with their father and Grace.
Their talk was principally of the new home in prospect. Lulu had only driven past Woodburn several times; but Max had been taken there once by Dr. Conly, with whom he was almost as great a favorite as his sister Grace, and had seen not only the grounds, but one or two rooms of the mansion.