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The Ramsays hurried home, bubbling over with indignation, to pour their woes into Mother's sympathetic ear, and were highly put out to find the drawing-room full of callers, and to be expected to hand tea-cups and make pleasant conversation instead of retailing their grievances.
Thence came the Ramsays, men of worthy note, Of whom one paints as well as t'other wrote. By-and-by these two critics forgot Ramsay, however, they were so busy with each other, bandying abuse and interchanging mud. The court painter heeded little their comments. He was putting money in his purse.
The Spears and Ramsays and Doolittles have gone on with theirs. No time to stop; there's good sleighing on the old road." There was a little consultation with the grandfather. Hiram said that he could take them back with the wood-sled, when he heard there was sleighing on the old road; and it was decided that the whole party should go in the wood-sled, with the exception of Mr.
"I should be delighted to stay; but in addition to my visit to the Ramsays, who are going to town expressly for me, I must also pick up my little niece." Miss Wyllys then made some inquiries about Mr. Ellsworth's little girl. "She was very well and happy, with her cousins, when I heard from my eldest sister, a day or two since," he replied.
We have so much room and it is such a pleasure " she said, in half apology. "Nobody ever gets any meals at the Ramsays' and they can't keep any servants. Of course you'll change it, if you don't like it. But Dr. Ramsay himself thought it the best plan. You see we are only a stone's throw from him. He can run in constantly. He really seemed relieved!"
So it came about that Mavis and Merle moved nearer and joined the others, so that they formed one party. For a few minutes they sat in polite silence, taking in the items of their neighbours' appearance. When the Ramsays compared notes afterwards they decided that they had never before seen three such pretty girls.
In connection with this system was an ingenious idea, something like a compass card, by means of which bush fires were located, and which saved a great deal of unnecessary work and riding. With the exception of Norman, the youngest, who went "west" in France during the late war, I believe the Ramsays are still in the land of the living.
True, my first impulse was that I couldn't and wouldn't accept; also, I told myself it was absurd to imagine they would consider me. Still, I wished to hear, and his failure to return to the subject settled once more the clouds his coming had lifted somewhat. Mother was not well enough to have the Ramsays at the house that evening, so I dined with them in the car. Mrs.
To say that the Ramsays were proud to escort Miss Lancaster and her Stradivarius to 'The Moorings' hardly describes their elation. A few parents and friends had been asked, so that with the school there was quite a large audience. It was arranged to take the girls' part of the programme first, and the visitors' solos afterwards, a proceeding for which the young performers were devoutly thankful.
The Ramsays, overwhelmed with amazement at such a palpable insinuation, turned wrathfully red. "Why, we've told you! Clive guessed!" gasped Merle. "Bunkum!" "How could he?" "Very convenient guessing, I'm sure!" "It's no use telling us such utter fibs!" "They're not fibs! How dare you say so!" flamed Merle. "It's the absolute truth!" endorsed Mavis. "Do you stick to that?" "Of course we do."
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