'But will there be room?' said Katherine; 'I cannot fancy it.'

'Oh! half the rooms can be made Knight's Templar's horses and carry
double,' said Elizabeth; 'Mrs. Hazleby and both the girls may very
well be in the blue room.'

'And there is the best room for the Mertons, and Horace's for
Rupert,' said Katherine.

'Poor Horace! it is a shame that he, who laid the first stone, should
not be at the Consecration,' said Elizabeth.

'Well, but where is Anne to be?' said Katherine; 'if we take Dora
into our room, and Winifred goes to the nursery, there is their room;
but Aunt Anne's maid must have that.'

'Anne shall come to my room--if Aunt Anne will let her, that is to
say,' said Elizabeth; 'I wonder I never thought of that before, it
will counteract some of the horrors of the Hazlebys. I shall have
the comfort of talking things over with the only person who knows
what to feel. Yes, I will go and speak to Mamma, and shew her that
it is the only way of lodging the world conveniently. Oh, how happy
we shall be!'

As soon as Elizabeth had finished winding her skein, she hastened to
Mrs. Woodbourne, and found no great difficulty in gaining her consent
to the plan; and she then sat down to write to Miss Merton to inform
her of the change of day, and invite her to share her room.

Elizabeth Woodbourne and Anne Merton were first cousins, and nearly