Gibson's, that lady
having been notified by Quincy to expect them at any moment. He did not
enter the house. He told Miss Very to address him care of his aunt if
they needed anything, and that Mr. Ernst and himself would come down
when Miss Pettengill had completed two or three chapters of her book.
Quincy then bade them good-by and was driven to a modest hotel close to
the steamboat wharf. He took the morning boat to Boston, and that
afternoon informed Aunt Ella of the safe arrival of his fair charges.
"What are you going to do now?" asked Aunt Ella.
"I'm going to find my father," replied Quincy, "and through him secure
introductions to the other members of my family."
"Good-by," said Aunt Ella; "if they don't treat you well come and stay
with me and we will go to Old Orchard together about the first of June.
I never skip out the last of April, because I always enjoy having a talk
with the assessor when he comes around in May."
When Rosa took her seat at the new desk next morning, she exclaimed with
delight, "What a nice husband Mr. Sawyer would make!"
"What makes you think so?" inquired Alice gravely.
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