She talked rapidly and kept her eyes fixed upon the turbaned woman, whom she called Cindy, and who was hushing the white bundle in her arms with a cooing kind of sound. Kenneth was looking at her, too, and at the bundle, which was certainly alive. Detecting the surprise in his face, the lady said: “It’s our baby, three months old. Harry wouldn’t write it, as he wanted to surprise you all. She is a little beauty. Come here, Cindy, and show the baby. There! Isn’t she lovely?” she continued, when the flimsy covering was removed, showing a little round baby face in which Kenneth saw a look like his cousin. “She has such a pretty name, too,” the proud mother continued, “Constance, though we call her Connie.” “Constance!” Kenneth repeated in surprise, while Kitty replied: “Yes, it was Harry’s idea. She was born in Constance, and that made him think of it.” “We have a Constance here, whom we call Connie,” Kenneth said, as he led the way to the brougham, and while they were on the way to the villa he explained who she was and said: “You are sure to like her.” “I know I shall,” Kitty answered, “and I am so glad she is here. I was afraid I might be rather lonely. Harry said there was no—no——” She stopped suddenly, while Kenneth rejoined: “No ladies of just your kind? You are right, Mrs. Morris, but Connie is different. Connie is——” “Yes, I see. I understand what Connie is, but please call me Kitty. I’m your cousin, you know,” Kitty said, and added, “funny baby should be called Connie, too; but I’m glad that she is.” She was a bright, sparkling little woman, and talked all the time during the drive until they came in sight of the house, when she sprang up and clasped her hands with delight. “Oh, is this really the place? I never dreamed it was so grand and lovely. And how could he afford it? He has told me so much that I must be economical, now father has failed.” She said frankly what she thought, and Kenneth watched her admiringly, contrasting her with Connie and giving the latter the preference, of course. He knew Connie was to be at the villa with his father and mother, and as the carriage entered the gate he saw her standing on the steps, looking like some fair lily in her white gown and blue ribbons, with a single rose in her belt. “That’s Connie, I know, and she’s Paris all over. I shall like her,” Kitty said, springing from the carriage the moment it stopped and going up to the group waiting for her. “I don’t need to be introduced. I know this is Aunt Mary, and this Uncle Ephraim, and this Connie; may I call you that?” she said, kissing each in turn, and holding Connie’s hand as she continued: “I didn’t know about you until Kenneth told me, and I am glad that you are here and that baby has your name. Funny, isn’t it? And Harry didn’t know you either.”