As
the second one drove away she exclaimed, "Oh! what a lark! Those last
folks came in Aunt Ella's carriage, too. I bet Quincy and auntie have
put up some sort of a game on pa and ma. I won't go down stairs till
Quincy comes, for I want to give my new sister a hug and a squeeze and a
kiss, and I sha'n't dare to do it till Quincy has introduced her to pa
and ma."
At that moment the young man, faultlessly attired, came down stairs from
the third story, and Maude sprang out from her doorway on the second
floor and said in a whisper, "How long have you been home, Quincy?"
"I came in about half-past eleven," he replied.
"Oh, you rogue," cried Maude. "I have been watching out the window for
an hour. I see it all now, you don't mean to give pa and ma a chance to
say boo until after dinner. Let me go down first, Quincy."
Maude went down stairs and was duly presented to the assembled guests as
the youngest scion of the house of Sawyer.
At exactly five minutes of one Quincy entered the parlor through the
rear door. Aunt Ella and Alice were seated side by side between the two
front windows.
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