10/23 Is Alice up? I have packed your valise too, Charles, and have ordered your breakfast. Cassy, we will breakfast after he has gone." "I have to sit up to write, Alice. See that the horses are exercised. The men will be here to-morrow to enlarge the conservatory." "Yes." "I shall get a better stock while I am away." I sipped my coffee; Alice yawned fearfully, with her hand on the coffee-pot, ready to pour again. |