28/29 "I don't want anything." Her mother came closer to her. "Why, what's the matter ?" she asked, briskly. "You seem kind of pale, to me; and you don't look--you don't look HAPPY." "Well----" Alice began, uncertainly, but said no more. "This is all just for you! You ought to be ENJOYING it. Why, it's the first time we've--we've entertained in I don't know how long! I guess it's almost since we had that little party when you were eighteen. |