"
Celia started, glancing quickly from her father to her mother, neither
of whom looked so surprised as she would have expected. Both returned
her gaze thoughtfully.
"How about the going to college?" Mr. Birch questioned. "I thought that
was the great ambition."
"She shall have a four year's course in one if she comes with me. I
shall spend much time in the libraries and art collections. My friends
in several cities are people it is worth a long journey to meet.
Undoubtedly such a year would be valuable at the end of a college
course, and it may appear to you that the studies within the scholastic
walls in this country had better come first. The point is that I am
going now. I may not be, at the moment Celia takes her diploma. And the
question of her health seems to me also one to be considered. Months of
enforced quiet haven't been any too good for her."
"There's not much need to ask Celia what she would like," Mr. Birch
observed.
The girl studied his face anxiously. "But could you spare me?" she
asked. "If it means that mother would have to take my place again----"
"It won't mean that," said Captain Rayburn, stoutly.
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