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When Edna was at last alone, she breathed a big, genuine sigh of relief

A feeling that was unfamiliar but very delicious cah the house, fro

it for the first ties, as if

she had never sat and reclined upon them before And she pera, looking to see if

s and shutters were secure and in order The floere like

new acquaintances; she approached them in a familiar spirit, and made

herself at hoarden walks were da out her rubber sandals And there she stayed, and

stooped, digging around the plants, tri ca in her way She

scolded hiood

and looked so pretty in the afternoon sunlight Edna plucked all the

bright flowers she could find, and went into the house with the

Even the kitchen assu character which she had

never before perceived She went in to give directions to the cook, to

say that the butcher would have to bring much less meat, that they would

require only half their usual quantity of bread, of roceries

She told the cook that she herself would be greatly occupied during