He looked on Patsy most affectionately and cast a wink at Lawyer Watson, who stood silently by.
"Thank you, my dear," said he; "but where's the money to come from ?" "Money?
Bah!" she said.

"Doesn't the Major earn a heap with his bookkeeping, and haven't I had a raise lately?
Why, we'll be as snug and contented as pigs in clover.

Can you get ready to come with me today, Uncle John ?" "Yes," he said slowly.

"I'll be ready, Patsy." So the exodus from Elmhurst took place that very day, and Beth travelled in one direction, while Louise, Patsy and Uncle John took the train for New York.

Louise had a seat in the parlor car, but Patsy laughed at such extravagance.
"It's so much easier than walking," she said to Uncle John, "that the common car is good enough," and the old man readily agreed with her.
Kenneth and Mr.Watson came to the station to see them off, and they parted with many mutual expressions of friendship and good will.
Louise, especially, pressed an urgent invitation upon the new master of Elmhurst to visit her mother in New York, and he said he hoped to see all the girls again.