“‘“Yes,” said the man, “I do. I think she’s the very woman I’ve been looking for.”
“‘Then he went. We stood looking at one another, not knowing what to say. It had all been too unexpected.”
“‘“Well,” said Jess at last, “I don’t know but that a job for life is cheap at twenty dollars. And, 87 you know, she really expected to return to St. Helen’s year after next.”
“‘We had just time to eat our belated breakfast, telegraph, buy our tickets, and catch the ten o’clock train, which carried us to Berlin without incident, other than embarrassments arising from my total lack of German. We didn’t mind third class at all. It’s a lot more human. Mrs. Hill and Dad met us, and Dad forgot all about the twenty dollars when we told him about Greenie.
“‘I’ve given up seeing the Emperor’s stables to tell you all of this, and I hope you appreciate it. Jess and Anne send loads of love to all of you, and so do I. I can’t believe Wyoming is any better than Germany!
“‘Jean.’”
“I can’t help wondering, Virginia,” said Priscilla, after they had all laughed again over Jean’s letter, “I can’t help wondering whether Greenie will consider this vocation thrust upon her!”
“That’s just what I was wondering, too,” returned Virginia.