"It'll all work round," soliloquized he; "very good beginning this. If I
could have spoken more explicitly--but she'll be prepared, and that's a
great step toward clearing things up. Gee up! Dolly."
CHAPTER VIII.
GREAT EXPECTATIONS.
"Sophie," said Cornelia, several days afterward, "do you know, I believe
I'll stay for that party at Abbie's, after all."
The two sisters were engaged in planning out an evening dress, and
Sophie's bed was so covered with the confusion thereof, that her quiet
little face, appearing above, looked odd by contrast.
"I'm glad," replied she, with the simplicity and lack of ornamentation
that made her words forcible; "and I'm sure Abbie will be glad, too."
"There's no reason why I shouldn't, you know," resumed the elder sister,
falling into that pleasing vein of argument wherein we consciously
express the views of our interlocutor; "a few days won't make any
difference to Aunt Margaret, and I wouldn't like to have poor old Abbie
think that I slighted her, just because I am going to enter New York
society! Besides, I think this dress will look very nice when it's
finished--don't you?"
"Yes, dear," said Sophie, smiling to herself. "Is Mr. Bressant going to
the party?"
"Oh, I don't know.
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