Life has taught her not to expect consideration from relatives, but it does seem hard that her only sister's boy should treat her as if she were the scarlet fever.

To allow himself to be ordered away from home for a rest cure was certainly less than courteous.

To anyone not understanding the situation it would almost imply that his home was not restful.

And after all the trouble she had taken even to the extent of strained relations with those Macfarland people who own a rooster.

If the slight had been aimed entirely at herself she could have taken it silently, but when it included the three or four charming girls whom she had asked to visit (one at a time) for the purpose of providing pleasant company, she felt obliged to protest.