"Miss Brown, is it hard to knit?—to learn, I mean," Louise asked presently, looking admiringly at the bright wools the lady was working with.
"Not at all; I learned when I was a little girl."
"I should like to know how, it is such pretty soft work," said Bess.
"I shall be very glad to teach you. We might have a knitting class for rainy afternoons."
"And after awhile perhaps we could make an afghan for Uncle William!" cried Louise delightedly. "Wouldn't that be fun, Bess?"
"If it would not be a trouble to Miss Brown."
"It would be a great pleasure to me," she answered, smiling at the bright faces.
"It would be nice—" Bess began.
"Well, dear, what?" as she hesitated.
"I don't know whether I ought to ask you, for it might be a bother to you, but I was thinking how nice it would be to have a club, and ask Dora and Elsie."