How could I suspect anything so perfectly
delightful?" And Katy gave Cousin Helen another rapturous kiss.
Such a short day as that seemed! There was so much to see, to ask about,
to talk over, that the hours flew, and evening dropped upon them all
like another great surprise.
Cousin Helen was perhaps the happiest of the party. Beside the
pleasure of knowing Katy to be almost well again, she had the
additional enjoyment of seeing for herself how many changes for the
better had taken place, during the four years, among the little
cousins she loved so much.
It was very interesting to watch them all. Elsie and Dorry seemed to
her the most improved of the family. Elsie had quite lost her plaintive
look and little injured tone, and was as bright and beaming a maiden of
twelve as any one could wish to see. Dorry's moody face had grown open
and sensible, and his manners were good-humored and obliging. He was
still a sober boy, and not specially quick in catching an idea, but he
promised to turn out a valuable man. And to him, as to all the other
children, Katy was evidently the centre and the sun. They all revolved
about her, and trusted her for everything.
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