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CHAPTER
PLANS
"Whoever heard of such a plan--a visit to Land's End! The very name of the place suggests the last spot on the globe; a great old house set down on the edge of a forest; and Dad called off on business for an indefinite period, but seemingly content to ship us on a wild goose chase. He's scarcely told us a word before of the place or of great-aunt Janice Meredith!"
Nora's tones were dismal indeed, as she rushed into the living room to join the other girls to discuss their journey.
She found the group the reverse of cheerful, at the prospect of this sudden change of plans, by the invitation to go to Land's End for a visit. "I have spent many happy days there with Aunt Janice and others," Mr. Meredith had told them on leaving, "but since your uncle Harry's death, have been there seldom--some day--" just at that point he paused with a sigh, and changed from what he had started to say--"Be dutiful and very loving to Aunt Janice; now there's only time for good-bye."
That was all they knew, entirely too little to satisfy the young Meredith family!
"A visit to Land's End, what a prospect," Janey joined in sympathy with Nora; the two were near together in age, while Beth and Alice were younger. They sat listening to the complaints of the older girls, not yet having had a chance to express their views.
"Great-aunt Janice may be a lovely old lady," Beth seeing a chance broke in, by way of consolation; she threw down her story book to join in the discussion and plans that were inevitable.
The two brothers Don and Harry had gone to the station to see their father off and so the girls did not know their views as to what was to happen.
"How can we tell what Land's End is like, it may be a--a--castle!"
"Don't be silly, Beth--you must be reading a fairy tale!" Nora's tone was scornful, but in a moment she was sorry.
Alice, the youngest of the Meredith's clapped her hands happily, however, at Beth's suggestion.
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