They would dream of the party that night, and talk of it on the morrow.

There was one thing that no one thought of until some time after the
party, and it was Leslie who spoke of it, to Rose and Princess Polly.

"Only think!" she said, "Mrs. Harcourt has had three different teachers
for Gwen this Winter, because Gwen has acted so that the first and
second left, and Gwen said yesterday that the one they have now is to
leave next Monday."

"Why _does_ she act so horrid?" said Rose.

"I'll tell you one nice thing about Gwen," said Princess Polly, "and
that is that she didn't do one single thing at my party that wasn't
nice."

"Why, truly she didn't!" cried Rose and Sprite together.




CHAPTER XI

UNCLE JOHN MAKES A PROMISE


Rain or shine, every Wednesday and Saturday evening found Gyp at the
table in the sitting-room at Aunt Judith's cottage, bending over his
books.