But very soon she had decided to go to Hampden Falls for the summer and postpone her house-buying until the autumn.

Billy was twenty-one now, and there were many matters of business to arrange with Lawyer Harding, concerning her inheritance.

It was not until September, therefore, when Billy once more returned to Boston, that the Henshaw brothers had the opportunity of renewing their acquaintance with William's namesake.
"I want a home," Billy said to Bertram and William on the night of her arrival.

(As before, Mrs.Stetson and Billy had gone directly to a hotel.) "I want a real home with a furnace to shake--if I want to--and some dirt to dig in." "Well, I'm sure that ought to be easy to find," smiled Bertram.
"Oh, but that isn't all," supplemented Billy.

"It must be mostly closets and piazza.