Her mother shook her head. “Where did you meet him?” she inquired.
“At Mrs. Bracebridge’s.”
“How long ago?”
“Oh, it’s been almost two months now.”
“And you never said anything about him,” protested Mrs. Gerhardt reproachfully.
“I didn’t know that he cared for me this way,” said Jennie defensively.
“Why didn’t you wait and let him come out here first?” asked her mother. “It will make things so much easier. You can’t go and not have your father find out.”
“I thought I’d say I was going with Mrs. Bracebridge. Papa can’t object to my going with her.”
“No,” agreed her mother thoughtfully.
The two looked at each other in silence. Mrs. Gerhardt, with her imaginative nature, endeavored to formulate some picture of this new and wonderful personality that had come into Jennie’s life. He was wealthy; he wanted to take Jennie; he wanted to give them a good home. What a story!