Evelyn's all right, isn't she?"
"Yes, she's a dear. I'm so glad we kept her. That makes me realise she's
had quite enough excitement for to-night. I must carry her off to bed.
Perhaps you'd all better--"
"No, you don't!" said Just, with a rebellious laugh. "Just because
you've set up a sanatorium and a kindergarten you can't send your
brothers off to bed at nine o'clock. I want a good visit with you after
the infants and invalids are in bed."
"All right, big boy," promised Charlotte, rejoicing in the affectionate
look he gave her.
She had been anxious that her marriage should in no way interfere with
the old brotherly and sisterly relations, and it was a long time since
she had had a confidential talk with her youngest brother. Jeff was
always coming to her precisely as in the old days, with demands for
interest and advice; but Just had seemed a little farther away.
So when she had seen the "infants and invalids" happily gone to rest,
and after a quiet hour of family talk about the fireside had said
good-night to all the others, Charlotte turned to Just with a look of
welcome as fresh and inviting as if the evening had but now begun.
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