4/16 Your father, Jessica, must keep his own house. Nora, your brothers and sister must not expect to see you at all while you belong to me. As for my precious Anne, here, I should just like to steal her away altogether from her mother. In fact, my dears, I am going to adopt you for a whole week during the holidays and then--such larks!" And the charming old lady looked so gay and pretty that the girls all laughed joyously. That is the exceedingly selfish wish I have been entertaining for the last six weeks. |