Louise and Mrs. Littell were able to go into raptures over the old
furniture in Martha Washington's bedroom and sitting room, though
they, of course, had seen it all many times before.
Mrs. Littell herself had a collection of antique furniture of which
she was justly proud, and mahogany furniture was sure of her
intelligent appreciation. Strange to say, Libbie remained cool toward
the very things she had voiced a desire to see, and in the middle of
the morning they missed her.
They were on their way to the barn Washington's father had built,
and Betty volunteered to run back and see if the missing girl had
stayed behind in the house.
CHAPTER XVIII
BETTY UNDERSTANDS
Betty hurried back and began a hasty inspection of the rooms. She
recollected seeing Libbie upstairs at the door of Washington's room
the last time she had definitely noticed her, and she ran upstairs to
see if she might not be there.
No Libbie was in any of the rooms.
Downstairs she searched hurriedly, peeping under people's elbows,
trying not to annoy others and yet to make a thorough hunt in a short
time so as not to keep the others waiting. Then in the music room, or
East Parlor, as it is often called, she found the truant, gazing with
rapt eyes at the quaint old harpsichord which had belonged to Nellie
Custis.
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