Even Cyril and Bertram said that it was
"too bad"; that they themselves would like to see the girl--so they
would!
It was in the spring, at the close of school, however, that the heaviest
blow fell: Billy was not coming to Boston even then. She wrote that she
and Aunt Hannah were going to "run across the water for a little trip
through the British Isles"; and that their passage was already engaged.
"And so you see," she explained, "I shall not have a minute to spare.
There'll be only time to skip home for Aunt Hannah, and to pack the
trunks before it'll be time to start."
Bertram looked at Cyril significantly when this letter was read aloud;
and afterward he muttered in Cyril's ear:
"You see! It's Hampden Falls she calls 'home' now--not the Strata."
"Yes, I see," frowned Cyril. "It does look suspicious."
Two days before the date of Billy's expected sailing, William announced
at the breakfast table that he was going away on business; might be gone
until the end of the week.
"You don't say," commented Bertram. "I'M going to-morrow, but I'm coming
back in a couple of days."
"Hm-m;" murmured William, abstractedly. "Oh, well, I may be back before
the end of the week."
Only one meal did Cyril eat alone after his brothers had gone; then he
told Pete that he had decided to take the night boat for New York.
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