"
Aunt Raby did not say any more as the two scrambled up the narrow
stairs in silence. When they got into the little bedroom, however, she
put her arms round Priscilla's neck and gave her quite a hug.
"Thank you for offering yourself to me, my love," she said, "but I
wouldn't have you on any terms whatever. Go and learn all you can at
your fine college, Prissie. It's the fashion of the day for the young
folk to learn a lot, and there's no going against the times. In my
young life sewing was the great thing. Now it's Latin and Greek. Don't
you forget that I taught you to sew, Prissie, and always put a back
stitch when you're running a seam; it keeps the stuff together
wonderfully. Now go to bed."
CHAPTER XXIV
TWO EXTREMES
"HAVE you heard the news?" said Rosalind Merton. She skipped into Miss
Day's room as she spoke.
"No; what?" asked that untidy person, turning round and dropping a lot
of ribbon which she was converting into bows. "What's your news, Rose?
Out with it. I expect it's a case of 'great cry and little wool.'
However, if you want a plain opinion from me----"
"I don't ask for your opinion, Annie. I'm quite accustomed to the
scornful way in which you have received all my words lately.
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