Fairfield,--and Mrs. Fairfield, my father is going
to Europe next week. It's on a business trip, and he only just
found out that he had to go. He will take me with him if I want to
go, but I don't! So I proposed a plan to him instead of that,
which he thinks is fine. And,--and, I want to know what you think
about it."
"We will probably approve of it, if your father does," said Nan,
helpfully.
"Well--it's just this. For me to stay at home, and keep our house
open, and have Patty stay there with me, instead of her going to
the mountains with you."
"You and Patty stay there alone!" exclaimed Mr. Fairfield.
"No, sir; not alone. Father would ask his sister, my Aunt
Adelaide, to stay with us, as chaperon. She's a lovely lady, and
she'd be glad to come."
"Well, I don't know,--I don't know," said Mr. Fairfield. "I'm not
sure I could go off and leave Patty with strangers."
"But I'm not a stranger," said Mona, "and Aunt Adelaide won't be,
as soon as you know her. I haven't seen her myself for some years,
but she's a lovely, sweet character,--everybody says so. And then,
you see, we wouldn't have to close up our house, and Patty
wouldn't have to leave Spring Beach,--and, oh, we could have
lovely times!"
"How long will your father be gone?"
"Two months.
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