CHAPTER XXVII

Cousin Georgiana came down the lane leading up to her little house. She lived half a mile out of Deerwood and she wanted to go in to Amelia’s and find out if Doss had come home yet. Cousin Georgiana was anxious to see Doss. She had something very important to tell her. Something, she was sure, Doss would be delighted to hear. Poor Doss! She _had_ had rather a dull life of it. Cousin Georgiana owned to herself that _she_ would not like to live under Amelia’s thumb. But that would be all changed now. Cousin Georgiana…