Not a word had been sent to notify them of their arrival, but the last two hours in Washington had been given up to the purchasing of gifts, and Kit had looked positively dazed when the Dean handed her twenty-five dollars with the remark: "You'll want to buy a few little things too, my dear." A few little things.

Kit wondered if he had any idea at all of how little cash had figured in the purchasing of home gifts at Greenacres the past two years..