Had she searched through the whole
of her acquaintance at home and in America she could have found no one
whom she considered more fit to be Ronald's wife, and that alone was
enough to make her very happy; but the sensation of freedom from all
further responsibility to Ronald, and the consciousness that every
possible good result had followed upon her action, added so much to her
pleasure in the matter, that for a time she utterly forgot herself and her
own troubles. She instantly wrote a long and sympathetic letter to Ronald,
and another to Sybil.
Sybil replied at once, begging Joe to come and spend a month at Sherwood,
or as much time as she was able to give.
"I expect you had best go," remarked Miss Schenectady. "It is getting
pretty hot here, and you look quite sick."
"Oh no, I am very well," said Joe; "but I think I will go for a week or
ten days."
"Well, if you find you are going to have a good time, you can always stay,
any way," replied the old lady. "I think if I were you I would take some
books and a Bible and a pair of old boots.
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