I
can see she is rather exacting, and if we always give in to her
whims, she will always expect it. So let's start out, as we mean
to continue. I'll read to her occasionally, but I can't always be
at her beck and call. Perhaps Janet can do it."
"Yes, Janet is a good reader. But, of course, Aunt Adelaide would
find fault with her reading, as she did with yours."
"Yes, I expect that's her nature. But she'll be easy enough to get
along with, if we all play fair. We'll have to give and take. And
don't judge her by this morning. She was tired and worn, and, as
yet, unused to her new surroundings. She'll feel more at home to-
morrow."
"She can't ACT more at home! Well, I'll give her a trial, Patty,
but I warn you, if she DOESN'T get placider, I'll suit myself with
another chaperon, that's what I'll do!"
The girls did not see their visitor again until luncheon time, and
then it was the same situation repeated. But few of the viands
served at table were acceptable to Aunt Adelaide. She provided the
butler with certain "health foods" of her own, and gave him
elaborate instructions for preparing them, and then found much
fault with the results of his labours. Patty had to laugh when
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