"Robert," cried Kate, flying to the door, "Edina's come home, and she has brought up so many things, and a mutton chop apiece."
Why, there he was, the audacious little Bob, peeping in in his white nightgown!
"A whole mutton chop!" cried he, amazed at the magnitude of the question.
"Yes, a whole one, dear," said Edina turning to him. "And not only for to-night. Every day you shall have a whole mutton chop, or something as good."
"And puddings too!" stammered Kate, the idea of the fairy becoming a certainty.
"And puddings too," said Edina. "Ah, children, I bring you such news! Did I not always tell you that God would remember us in His own good time? Mary, are you listening? Very soon you will all be back again at Eagles' Nest."
Charles's heart beat wildly. He looked at Edina to see if she were joking, his eyes fearfully earnest.
"I am telling you the truth, dear ones: Eagles' Nest is to be yours again, and our struggles and privations are over. George Atkinson never meant to keep it from you. You are to go down to him on Saturday, Charley, and stay over Sunday."
"I'll never abuse him again," said Charley, smiling to hide a deeper emotion. "But—my best coat is so shabby, you know, Edina. I am ashamed of it at church."
"Perhaps you may get another between now and then," nodded Edina.