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"I think her husband gave her that, and no one else should ever wear it," said Hannah, and Frieda agreed. By the time they had finished dressing, they were flushed and rosy. They stole out into the hall and peered over the banisters to see if the caller showed signs of departure. Miss Lyndesay was just closing the door upon her.
Then she suddenly said: "O, you know, Frieda and I saw Miss Lyndesay just before we came away. Do tell about it, Frieda." Frieda's face lighted at the name. "She is very wonderful," she said shyly. "She said: 'Let me greet myself to them. She finds herself well, and her house is beautiful." "I am so glad. Thank you very much for bringing us direct word from her.
She held it up, quaint in style as the other, with a little train, flowered silk over a straight front panel of plain pink, tight sleeves with a little puff at the shoulder. "I wonder Do you suppose we dare try them on? They look almost big enough." "Of course, we dare. Miss Lyndesay told us to do what we liked and she had peeped into this trunk, so she knew what was in it.
Immediately after luncheon, a caller arrived, with the obvious intention of spending some time. Miss Lyndesay gave the girls a trunk key and sent them off to do their garret exploring by themselves, giving them permission to do whatever they liked with anything they might find.
The bushes were at the other end of the garden, where they could speak without being overheard. Miss Lyndesay said nothing at first, but she had not long to wait. Hannah had poured out her puzzles and worries in letters to this friend often, since the evening at Three Gables, long ago, when she had poured them out in words and tears, and found comfort.
Frieda opened her lips to answer, but Karl caught up all the luggage he could carry and led the way to the steps where Miss Lyndesay was waiting, and the two girls followed him, forgetting national disputes in common interest in their surroundings, as they had done more than once before.
That evening, there was enough chill in the air for a small fire in the living-room fireplace, and Miss Lyndesay seated herself before it on a high-backed settle, with a girl on either side of her.
She seized his hand and wrung it, repeating: "Ach, my heart could burst for gladness. My dears! My dears! But where is Miss Lyndesay?" "Miss Lyndesay?" cried Hannah, looking wildly about. "Not my Miss Lyndesay?" But as she spoke, some one bent down and kissed her mouth, rounded with amazement. "Yes, your Miss Lyndesay, and Frieda's guardian for the present.
On the second afternoon after Alice's arrival, the four girls walked down to the post-office to mail their letters, Catherine having written to Miss Lyndesay, while the other three wrote to their mothers. Now, pleasantly conscious of duty performed, they strolled idly along the street.
"We have all had to stay our hearts with that thought, I suppose. I am much more content about both girls, since Karl and Miss Lyndesay took them in hand. For a few days I really feared that the adjustment might be too much for them. But Karl worked some magic spell over Frieda, and Miss Lyndesay charmed Hannah.
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