Jennie went on: "Now my trouble is just that. I'm always nerved up. I
can't relax. Won't you teach me how?"
"With pleasure. Are you going to live here?" asked Elsie, with faint
accession of interest.
"As long as my brother does."
"I suppose you've come to teach these ragamuffins?"
Lawson here answered for Jennie. "Miss Curtis is a sister to Captain
Curtis, who has come to displace your uncle."