CHAPTER XI.[ToC]
PLANS.
"Suppose we ask the boys to help us," said Bess, threading her needle, and carefully making a nice little knot.
"Oh, no!" objected Elsie, "let's do it all by ourselves."
"If the boys can help us to do something better than we can do without them, I think we ought to have them," said Dora wisely.
"It will be more fun too," said Louise, whose motto was "The more, the merrier."
"We haven't much time either," Bess continued; "but Aunt Zélie will help us, and you too, won't you, Miss Brown?"
"I'll be glad to do anything I can," replied that lady, looking up from the feather-stitching she was showing Constance.
Christmas was coming. The fact could no longer be overlooked, and as usual everybody was feeling surprised at its nearness.
It was not a bit too near, the children thought, though even they had a great deal to do, and found the days all too short.