Five Little Peppers Midway

Book Excerpt: ...ng to, astonishes me," said Jasper, after a moment. "Well, it will not be for long, I presume, that we shall have the honor; she'll be easily tired of America, and take herself off again.""She doesn't stay in this house, does she, Jasper?" cried Polly in a tone of horror."No; that is, unless she chooses to, then we can't turn her off. She's a relative, you know.""Hasn't she any home?" asked Polly, "or any children?""Home? Yes, an estate down in Bedford County?-Dunraven Lodge; but it's all shut up, and in the hands of agents who have been trying for the half-dozen years she was abroad, to sell it for her. She may have come back to settle down there again, there's no telling what she will do. In the meantime, I fancy she'll make her headquarters here," he said gloomily."Oh, Jasper!" exclaimed Polly, seizing his arm, feeling that here was need of comfort indeed, "how very dreadful! Don't you suppose something will happen to take her away?""I don't see what can," sa...