"
"My little friend, it would have broken my heart: to lose you were worse
than a thousand deaths."
They were alone in Elsie's boudoir, but when an hour had slipped rapidly
away there came a message from Mr. Dinsmore to the effect that their
company would be very acceptable in the library.
They repaired thither at once, and found him and Rose laying out plans for
a summer trip. The matter was under discussion all the rest of the evening
and for some days after, resulting finally in the getting up a large party
of tourists, consisting of the entire families of the Oaks and Ion, with
the addition of Harry and Sophie Carrington, and Lora with her husband and
children; servants of course included.
They kept together for some time, visiting different points of interest in
Virginia, Pennsylvania, and New York; spending several weeks at Cape May;
where they were joined by the Allisons of Philadelphia; Mr. Edward and
Adelaide among the rest, they having returned from Europe shortly before.
At length they separated, some going in one direction, some in another.
Lora went to Louise, Rose to her father's, Mrs. and Mr. Travilla to
friends in Cincinnati and its suburbs, and Elsie to pay a long-promised
visit to Lucy in her married home, a beautiful country-seat on the banks
of the Hudson.
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