“But about my new chaperone. When can we get her to begin?” asked the heiress, who was so anxious to become a belle.
If there was one thing more than another she wanted it was to get acquainted with Eva’s lover, the handsome Reginald Hamilton, and measure lances with her for his heart.
“If I could just cut her out and take him away, I’d ask no more of fate. I’d have her humbled to the dust, and her proud heart breaking!” she cried vindictively.
“As to that, you may have to wait a few weeks, for the lady I have in view is on the other side now. But she will sail for home next week; so within three weeks I think we will have made a beginning,” Mrs. Putnam observed.
“It is a long time to wait,” sighed the impatient girl.
“But in the meantime I will try to help you out a little, Miss Groves. For instance, I will take you out with me this afternoon to a flower show, where I could introduce you to some nice people if you will promise me to leave the old lady at home or send her off shopping or sightseeing alone.”
“In that case she might come to grief,” laughed Patty, adding: “But I will find means to keep her at home; never fear.”
CHAPTER XXXIII.
EVA ACCEPTS REGGIE.
“Congratulate me, Ada. I have concluded to try auntie’s and papa’s remedy for a misplaced love. I have promised to marry Reggie!”