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He says all is right, and Rosie may send as warm an invitation as possible. They will be only too glad to receive the three Crolys as their guests." "Oh, that is good!" cried Rosie. "Now I shall be able to send my reply by to-morrow's early mail." "Yes, Cousin Arthur was very kindly prompt; as indeed he always is," said her mother.
"Thank you, papa! it is very nice in you to say that," she said, "and I dearly love those early walks with you." In less than a week after the Crolys had signified their intention of accepting the invitation to Roselands the news of their safe arrival was communicated to the family at Ion, and as soon as the doctor thought Mrs.
Arthur Conly was in it, and, presently, having reached the veranda steps, drew rein, bade good-evening, and announced to his cousins Elsie and Rosie that he had received a telegram from the Crolys thanking him for his invitation and saying that it was accepted and they might be expected in a few days. "Ah! that is good news, if it suits you all at Roselands," said Grandma Elsie.
"You shall hear at an early hour," he returned. "Mary is hoping to have her parents here for the wedding and for a long visit afterward," remarked Grandma Elsie, "but you have room enough to accommodate both them and the Crolys, I think." "Oh, yes!" replied Arthur, "there need be no difficulty about that.
"So do I," Arthur said; "also I think that the Crolys will find us all so agreeable that they will never regret it." "Won't you alight and take a seat among us, doctor?" asked the captain hospitably. "Thank you; I should enjoy doing so, but duty calls in another direction, a sick patient needing prompt attention. Good-evening to you all"; and, turning with the last words, he drove away.
Just at that moment the other ladies joined them, and the four entered into a lively conversation, talking of Riverside and the improvements needed there, what a lovely home it would make for the Crolys, how pleasant it would be to have them so near, and how delightful for Rosie that thus she would escape the dreaded separation from her mother. "Yes," said Mrs.
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