I have only seen the Pages in the street since they came home
from Europe; but the last piece of news here is Lilly's
engagement to Comte Ernest de Conflans. He has something to do
with the French legation in Washington, I believe; and they
crossed in the same steamer. I saw him driving with her the
other day,--a little man, not handsome, and very dark. I do not
know when they are to be married. Your Cousin Clarence is in
Colorado.
With two kisses apiece and a great hug for you, Katy, I am
always
Your affectionate friend,
LOUISA.
"Dear me!" said the insatiable Clover, "is that the very last? I wish we
had another mail, and twelve more letters coming in at once. What a
blessed institution the post-office is!"
CHAPTER III.
THE FIRST WEDDING IN THE FAMILY.
The great job of the cake-making over, a sense of leisure settled on the
house. There seemed nothing left to be done which need put any one out of
his or her way particularly. Katy had among her other qualities a great
deal of what is called "forehandedness." To leave things to be attended to
at the last moment in a flurry and a hurry would have been intolerable to
her. She firmly believed in the doctrine of a certain wise man of our own
day who says that to push your work before you is easy enough, but to pull
it after you is very hard indeed.
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