I s'pose he's tryin' to shine up again to that
Bessie Chisholm, that he used to be sweet on. When he goes to keepin'
house there'll be another boarder gone;" and the poor woman, having
borrowed enough trouble, sat down and wiped a supposed tear out of each
eye with her greasy apron.
Quincy reached Aunt Ella's residence with the young ladies about noon.
Aunt Ella gave the three travellers a hearty welcome, and the young
ladies were shown at once to their rooms, which were on the third floor
at the front of the house. They were connected, so that Rosa could be
close at hand in case Alice should need assistance.
While the footman and Buttons were taking the trunks upstairs, Quincy
asked his aunt if he could leave his trunk there for a short time. "I do
not wish to take it home," he said, "until after I have the ladies
settled at Nantucket. The carriage is waiting outside and I am going to
get the one o'clock train."
"I will take good care of your trunk," said Aunt Ella, "and you, too, if
you will come and live with me. But can't you stop to lunch with us?"
she asked.
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