He had found a large, old-fashioned house on the bluff at the north
shore, overlooking the harbor, owned by Mrs. Gibson. She was a widow
with two children, one a boy of about nineteen, named Thomas, and the
other a girl of twelve, named Dorothy, but generally designated as Tommy
and Dolly.
Mrs. Gibson consented to let her second floor for a period of four
months, and to supply them with meals. The price was fixed upon, and
Quincy knew he had been unusually lucky in securing so desirable a
location at such a reasonable price.
There were three rooms, one a large front room, with a view of the
harbor, and back of it two sleeping rooms, looking out upon a large
garden at the rear of the house. Quincy mentally surveyed the large room
and marked the places with a piece of chalk upon the carpet where the
piano and the bookcase were to go. Then he decided that the room needed
a lounge and a desk with all necessary fixtures and stationery for Rosa
to work at. There were some stiff-backed chairs in the room, but he
concluded that a low easy-chair, like the one Alice had at home, and a
couple of wicker rocking chairs, which would be cool and comfortable
during the hot summer days, were absolutely essential.
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