"And judging from our first day's experiences as housekeepers in this family, we shall have all we want to do, without two terrors of boys added."
"To-day has been rather hard and disappointing," Tabitha acknowledged with a gusty sigh.
"But to-morrow will be better," Gloriana comforted her. "And it is only for two weeks. That's one consolation."
"Thank fortune!" Tabitha exclaimed with fervor; and the tired eyelids closed over the drowsy black eyes and the gray.
CHAPTER III
UNWELCOME GUESTS
"Well, one whole week is gone," said Tabitha exultantly, as she bent over the heaped-up mending basket one hot afternoon, and tried to make neat darns of the gaping holes in the heels of Susie's stockings.
"Yes, and half of the first day of the second week," Gloriana replied cheerily. "But really, Puss, time hasn't dragged as slowly as I feared. That first day was the longest, I think, I ever knew."
"That first day was a horrible nightmare," the older girl emphatically declared. "I thought it never would end, and I'd have quit my job on the spot if there had been anyone to take my place."