Nan
learned, too, that Uncle Henry had telegraphed from Tillbury of
Nan's coming to Pine Camp, and consequently Aunt Kate was able to
prepare for her.
And that the good woman had done her best to make a nest for her
little niece in the ugly house, Nan was assured. After dinner
she insisted upon the girl's going to the east room to change her
dress and lie down. The comparison between this great chamber
and Nan's pretty room at home was appalling.
The room had been plastered, but the plaster was of a gray color
and unfinished. The woodwork was painted a dusty, brick red with
mineral paint. The odd and ugly pieces of furniture horrified
Nan. The drugget on the floor only served to hide a part of the
still more atrociously patterned carpet. The rocking chair
complained if one touched it. The top of the huge maple dresser
was as bald as one's palm.
Nan sat down on the unopened trunk when her aunt had left her.
She dabbed her eyes with her handkerchief. Home certainly was
never like this! She did not see how she was ever going to be
able to stand it.
Chapter XIII
MARGARET LLEWELLEN
"If Momsey or Papa Sherwood knew about this they'd be awfully
sorry for me," thought Nan, still sitting on the trunk.
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