Then he smiled upon Matilda.
"It seems to me, sister dear, that we'll have to put it up to you." "Up to me ?" cried Matilda.
"Yes, Matilda.

You belong here; you can come and go as a matter of course.

You have a sister visiting you; also a brother, but as I have requested, the less said about his being here the better.

But you can go out and openly order provisions for yourself and our sister.

And you can give a good large order for nourishing canned goods, casually mentioning that you are laying in a supply so that you will not have to bother again soon with staples.