And houses were as scarce as lodgings.
At last a brilliant idea came to Miss Carew, and with her father's
permission she hurried off with the good news.
"You shall have the two rooms over our coach-house," she cried,
delightedly, for it was a real relief to her to feel that Huldah
would be so near her, and under her own eye. "They are a good size,
and dry and airy; and we must all pull together to get what furniture
we can."
Huldah's face grew brighter and brighter with every word Miss Rose
uttered, for she had begun to fear that they would have to go
elsewhere.
To be near Miss Rose, too, would help to make up for the pain of
leaving Aunt Martha and Dick and the cottage, a parting which had
been weighing on her more heavily than she would have liked anyone to
know. Dick, it was decided, was to remain with Mrs. Perry, for
without him she declared she could not live on in the cottage when
Huldah was gone.
As soon as the rooms had been cleaned and papered, the furnishing
began, and that was really rather fun. No one was rich, and no
one could give much, but what they gave they gave with a will.
Miss Rose turned out some sheets and pillow-cases, a table and a
chair, the vicar ordered in half a ton of coal, the doctor's wife
gave them a bed, some pieces of carpet, curtains, a kettle and an old
basket chair.
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