"Don't you think our invalid much better, already, Louisa?" asked
Elinor.
"Yes; she does credit to your nursing."
"No wonder," said Jane; "for during the last month I have been petted all the time—first by Mrs. Taylor, then by Aunt Agnes and Elinor."
"It's very pleasant to be petted," said Harry; "that's precisely what I came home for. I give you my notice, Louisa, I expect a great deal from you in the next three months."
"Is that the length of your holiday?" inquired Miss Agnes.
"So says my master, Mr. Henley. I understand," he added, turning to Elinor, "that you have all the agreeable people in the country collected here."
"There are some thousands of us, agreeable and disagreeable, altogether. They say the place has never been more crowded so early in the season."
"So I'm told. I was warned that if I came, I should have to make my bed in the cellar, or on the roof. Are Ellsworth and Mrs. Creighton at this house, or at the other?"
"They are staying at the United States. They are here this evening, however, at the dance."
{"United States" = the other major hotel in Saratoga Springs, less fashionable at this time than Congress Hall}