Adjusted Relationships

           

           “It’sthehomiestspotIeversawit’shomierthanhome,”avowedPhilippaGordon,lookingaboutherwithdelightedeyes.Theywereallassembledattwilightinthebigliving-roomatPatty’sPlaceAnneandPriscilla,PhilandStella,AuntJamesina,Rusty,Joseph,theSarah-Cat,andGogandMagog.Thefirelightshadowsweredancingoverthewalls;thecatswerepurring;andahugebowlofhothousechrysanthemums,senttoPhilbyoneofthevictims,shonethroughthegoldengloomlikecreamymoons.

           Itwasthreeweekssincetheyhadconsideredthemselvessettled,andalreadyallbelievedtheexperimentwouldbeasuccess.Thefirstfortnightaftertheirreturnhadbeenapleasantlyexcitingone;theyhadbeenbusysettinguptheirhouseholdgoods,organizingtheirlittleestablishment,andadjustingdifferentopinions.

           Annewasnotover-sorrytoleaveAvonleawhenthetimecametoreturntocollege.Thelastfewdaysofhervacationhadnotbeenpleasant.HerprizestoryhadbeenpublishedintheIslandpapers;andMr.WilliamBlairhad,uponthecounterofhisstore,ahugepileofpink,greenandyellowpamphlets,containingit,oneofwhichhegavetoeverycustomer.HesentacomplimentarybundletoAnne,whopromptlydroppedthemallinthekitchenstove.Herhumiliationwastheconsequenceofherownidealsonly,forAvonleafolksthoughtitquitesplendidthatsheshouldhavewontheprize.Hermanyfriendsregardedherwithhonestadmiration;herfewfoeswithscornfulenvy.

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