He sent back word that
he was too busy and I must get somebody else, but who can I get? Mandy
and 'Zekiel are both too much occupied with their own duties to help
me."
"If I can be of any service to you, Miss Pettengill, you know--"
"Oh, I don't think I should dare to let you read these letters,"
interrupted Alice, laughing. "No doubt they are from two of my lady
friends, and I have always heard that men consider letters that women
write to each other very silly and childish."
"Perhaps I have not told you," said Quincy, "that I have two sisters and
am used to that sort of thing. When I was in college hardly a day passed
that I did not get a letter from one or the other of them, and they
brightened up my life immensely."
"What are their names and how old are they?" asked Alice.
"The elder," replied Quincy, "is nineteen and her name is Florence
Estelle."
"What a sweet name!" said Alice.
"The younger is between fifteen and sixteen, and is named Maude
Gertrude."
"Is she as dignified as her name?" asked Alice.
"Far from it," remarked Quincy. "She would be a tomboy if she had an
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