“No, I haven’t! If you only knew how many I have promised; and Aunt Theresa has a basket quilt cut out for me to make, sixty-four blocks! How can you have the heart to suggest any thing beside?”
“How many persons have you refused to write to?”
“I just refused one.”
“Am I the only one you have refused?”
“Oh, no,” slipping the folded sheets into the envelope, “there is Mr. Gesner and Dr. Greyson and Professor Towne and—”
“Dr. Towne?” His uneasy fingers scattered several pawns over the black-and-green covering.
“Yes, and Dr. Towne! And he was very good about it, he only laughed.”
“Lady Blue, speak the truth.”
“About whom?”
“The latter. I am not concerned about the others.”