"But oh, dear," reflected Priscilla, "I do wish that Eunice had turned out to be my cousin instead of Martine's. It doesn't seem fair that she should have everything." This thought, however, had hardly shaped itself, when Priscilla put it far from her. Martine had certainly been generous, and Priscilla, if narrow in some ways, meant never to be unjust. Martine, however, had other things than Priscilla's attitude on her mind. "So you see, Lucian," she concluded, "there is some one for you to help,--not that Balfour Airton wishes any one to do anything for him,--but if he's a cousin, you'd naturally want to help him save his time for study in the summer holidays." "I study so diligently myself in the summer," commented Lucian, "that I'd be a fine one to lay down the law to my new cousin! No, poor fellow, if I have anything to do with him, I'll certainly not advise him to lay himself out on summer study." "Oh, Lucian! If I didn't know that you'd take an interest in Balfour, I'd try to persuade you; but just think how Mrs. Blair will feel!" "Mrs. Blair! What in the world has she to do with--anything?" concluded Amy, vaguely. "Why, if Eunice and Balfour are our cousins, then they are her cousins, and as she doesn't like people who work, it will be great fun to tell her about Balfour, for probably he'll get through college much better than Philip did--" "My dear Martine, did Mrs. Blair ever harm you?" "No, except to say that what a pity it is that I am not at all like Edith." "There! Eunice Airton reminds me of Edith; that's the resemblance that puzzled me;" and Amy seemed pleased with her discovery. "Oh, if they're at all alike, I won't object to this Eunice as a cousin, for Edith isn't half bad, and--" Lucian's speech was cut short by the appearance on the scene of the little buttons of the hotel, who happened to know Lucian rather better than the rest of the party. "If you please, sir," he said, "here's a telegram for one of the ladies, and I don't know which is which, though her name--it seems to be Mrs. Redmond," and he handed an envelope to Lucian. In an instant Mrs. Redmond had read the despatch, while Amy asked anxiously, "Is it anything serious, mamma?" "No, no, my child, far from it. I told you there was a probability that certain business would call me home a little earlier than we had planned. Well, the summons has come, and I ought to start to-morrow." "Oh, I am so glad!" exclaimed Priscilla, with an expression of real delight. "Why, I thought that you were enjoying yourself." "Yes, Mrs. Redmond, so I am, but I shall be so happy to see mamma again, and the children. I had a letter from the twins yesterday, and they miss me dreadfully." "Shall we go home through Clare? Shall we have a chance to see Yvonne?" "And Pierre?" added Amy. "And Eunice? Of course we could stay over one train at Wolfville," pleaded Priscilla.