"I wonder who it's from," said Leonard; "open it, Janey, and see."
Letters were always an excitement in the Furlonger family—they were few enough to be that.
"Know the writing, Janey?"
Janey turned the letter over. "It's a bill."
The boys' faces fell.
"How dull," said Leonard, "and how immoral, Janet!—another of those ten-guinea hats, I suppose."
"And you promised us solemnly," said Nigel, "not to buy any more."
"It's dreadful of me," said Janet.
The boys glanced at her in surprise—for she looked as if she meant it.