he thought his sisters as he went out of hearing.

"Paulina is nice and good," said Valetta, "she has heard all about
St. Kenelm's, and wants to go there. Yes, and she means to be a
Sister of Charity, only she is afraid her sister is narrow and low
church."

"That is stuff and nonsense," said Mysie. "I have had a great deal
of talk with Miss Prescott. She loves all the same books that we do.
She is going to have G. F. S. and Mothers' Union, and all at poor
Arnscombe, and she told me to call her Magdalen."

With which proofs of congeniality Valetta could not choose but be
impressed.



CHAPTER VI--THE FRESCOES OF ST. KENELM'S



Earn well the thrifty months, nor wed
Raw Haste, half-sister to Delay.--TENNYSON.


The deferred expedition to Rockquay also began, Magdalen driving Vera
and Thekla. She was pleased with her visitors, and hoped that the
girls would feel the same, but Vera began by declaring that THAT Miss
Merrifield was not pretty.