"It isn't too late. This is an impromptu affair in honor of Patterson," said Allan, offering her a chair.
"You have no idea what a noise you are making," she said, greeting the stranger. "I had just come in from a guild meeting, and the unusual illumination and the sounds of hilarity were too much for my curiosity." Here her glance rested in evident surprise upon Celia.
"Celia has something to show you, Cousin Betty," Allan said mercilessly, "and you are not to bother me about it any more."
Miss Betty went around to Celia and kissed her. "It is what I have been hoping all along," she whispered.
CHAPTER THIRTIETH.
OAK LEAVES.
"Bid me farewell."
"I have something to tell you," said Belle, as the Arden Foresters walked up the hill toward the Gilpin place.
"So have I," added Rosalind, "something lovely," and she waved a small package aloft.