She
loves and is loved in return and that is all we wish to know.
A few minutes later, by a happy coincidence, there is a quartette
grouped together in careless but artistic style.
"This reminds me of a morning at 'Sunnybank.' Do you remember it
Madge?"
A slight quiver of the pretty lips was followed by a faint blush--
Helen Rushton raised her hand as if to gain audience.
"That is intended for me girls. I am the only one who is not
engaged. I was at 'Sunnybank' on the morning to which Miss Louise
refers, and certainly I was the one who made the remark."
"Helen is mistaken, I think," said Marguerite in her soft, sweet
way.
"She is indeed," said Louise, with much earnestness. "It was while
we were in the library, and all sitting together Josie Jordan
suddenly called out: 'Girls where will we all be two years from now?
That two years expired yesterday, and the thought now occurred to me
as we became grouped together in the old familiar way."
"Forgive me, Louise, darling, I am too impulsive. Let us now take on
two more years and hope that when the time expires we will be as
happy then as now."
"Heaven grant it thus," was the fervent prayer of each, though the
words were unsaid, and as the merry party returned homeward full of
life and gaiety there were none who felt happier than Marguerite
Verne and her three companions.
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