"
There was a lively time for a few minutes, after which Dora explained
what had been said about her mind and a kitten.
"He was just twitting me with having once changed my mind--every one
does that," she said; "and then I gave him a kitten. That is all. And
now, before I change my dress, I will go and get some wood for the
kitchen fire. I think you said, Mr. Haverley, that the woodhouse was not
far away."
"Wood!" cried Ralph; "don't you think of it!"
Miriam burst into a laugh.
"Oh, you ought to have heard the lord of the manor declare that he would
not carry fuel for the cook," she cried.
Ralph joined in the laugh that rose against him, but insisted that Dora
should not change her dress.
"You could not wear anything more becoming," he said, "and you do not
know how much I want to treat the new cook as one of the family."
"I will wear whatever the lord of the manor chooses," said Dora,
demurely, and was about to make reference to his concluding remark, but
checked herself.
When the two girls joined the gentlemen on the porch, which they did with
much promptness, having delegated the greater part of their household
duties to Mike, who could take a hand at almost any kind of work, Dr.
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