"Bess, that is a lovely plan!" exclaimed her sister.
Miss Brown thought so too, and said if the others would like it she should be glad to have them, and she suggested that they bring their friends to talk the matter over on the next Saturday afternoon.
In discussing the club Bess and Louise forgot their disappointment, and were astonished to find how late it was when Joanna came for them.
"There was a bright spot, after all," said Louise as they were putting on their waterproofs. "If we had gone to the country we might never have thought of the club."
Some days later the postman had three most important notes to deliver to Miss Dora Warner, Miss Elsie Morris, and Miss Constance Myer.
This is the way they read:
You are requested to be present at the Brown house next Saturday afternoon, to organize a knitting club. Please come early.
Truly yours,
Bess Hazeltine.
Louise Hazeltine.
Much time and thought were expended on these invitations, and the importance of the senders was only equalled by the curiosity and interest of the girls who received them.
Aunt Zélie insisted that five were as many as Miss Brown ought to have. "For you know she is not used to such lively young ladies as you and Elsie and Do—"