'I think I will go now, papa,' she said. 'It is getting late.'
He kissed her and let her go.
But next morning the colonel was himself again,—himself as if he had never been away, only he had his news to tell; and he told it in orderly business fashion.
'I have taken a house, Esther,' he said; 'and now I wish to get moved as soon as possible. You must tell Barker, and help her.'
'Certainly, papa. Whereabouts is the house you have taken?'
'On York Island. It is about a mile out of the city, on the bank of the river; a very pretty situation.'
'Which river, papa?'
'The Hudson.'
'And am I to go to school?'
'Of course. That is the purpose of the movement. You are to enter Miss Fairbairn's school in New York. It is the best there, by all I can gather.'