A City Schoolgirl and Her Friends (Paperback)

Excerpt: ... say when they see everything, ' pleaded Doreen. 'No, Doreen; I will have no running in and out, and you are not to go near them to-day. I have left a message to say that if they want anything they are to come and ask for it; but they will have plenty to do and talk about without you?' declared her mother. So Doreen, who had already been into No. 2 with flowers for the vases, gave a sigh, and had to content herself with looking out of the back window, in the hope that Vava would go into the garden, and she would see her from there. Stella put the key into the door and turned the handle, but found that it was already unlocked; and, making their way to the sitting-room which was to be furnished for the Whartons for their own use, they found to their delight that not only was the fire lit, but the breakfast was laid, and the room quite tidy and furnished. Amy and Eva were loud in their exclamations of delight; but Stella and Vava stood quite still, with lumps in their throats, for the room was furnished exactly like Stella's little boudoir at Lomore, with the same carpet, curtains, and all, and even the same pictures on the wall, with a single oil-painting of her mother over the mantelpiece. Vava was the first one to recover herself. 'Stella, it's just like Lomore ' and as Stella had chosen a paper like her former one, it really was like the old room. 'It's very kind of them, ' she said, rather doubtfully. 'Kind of them I should think it is And fancy Mrs. Hackney guessing where all the furniture used to go Do you remember that bureau always stood on the left of the window, just like that, and the little table in the bow? I expect nursie or David wrote and told them ' exclaimed Vava. 'It is very kind, ' repeated Stella in the same constrained voice. Seeing that the two sisters were agitated at sight of the familiar objects, Amy and Eva, with tact, went upstairs to look at the latter's suite, and give them time to recover themselves. 'Kind of course it...