Where is she now?"
"Up in her room, crying her eyes out. The more we try to reason with her,
the worse she is; even Aunt Jennie has failed to quiet her."
"Now if you will let me advise--you know I have more experience with
rebellious children than most women," and she smiled up into the anxious
face above her, "let her have her cry out, and say no more to her about it
just now, and, if you care to turn her over to us, I think I can promise
you she will be all right by and by."
"Do you mean that you are willing to take her off our hands for the day?"
and he looked eagerly into her face.
"Yes, if we may. I will send one of the children in to ask her to dinner,
and we will not let her suspect that we know anything about it until she
speaks of the matter herself. We will find something pleasant to take up
her attention until Lancy comes home, and by that time she will have had
time to think of the matter in a different light."
"But do you think she will consent to whistle after all, Mrs. Gurney? That
is the main thing."
"Certainly; I have no fear. If the matter is put before her in a serious
light, she will be sure to do what is honorable.
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