Lulu was eager to hear all he had to tell about the place, and he not at all averse to describing what he had seen.
So interested were they in the topic, that they reached the entrance to the Fairview grounds almost ere they were aware of it.
"Oh, we're here!" exclaimed Lulu, in some surprise. "Max, I'll stay outside, while you go up to the house, for—I—I can't bear to see aunt Elsie and the others."
Her eyes were downcast, her cheeks burning with blushes as she spoke.
"But you may as well get it over," said Max: "you'll have to see them all sometime."
"You don't care a bit, do you?" she said, in a hurt tone.
"Yes, I do; I'm right sorry for you; but I can't help your having to meet them sooner or later."
"But I'm afraid I won't be welcome to aunt Elsie. What if she should tell me to go out of the house, she didn't want such a bad girl there?"
"She isn't that kind of person," said Max. "But here comes Eva," as the little girl came tripping down the avenue to meet them.
She shook hands with Max, then threw her arms round Lulu, and kissed her.