Her lip quivered sensitively. "Why, I supposed--"

"Yes, we _can_ sublet the house--if anybody is found to take it. There

was something of a wait before _we_ took it. There might be another."

"There's that Mrs. Cass--"

"I don't know how much she could do in three weeks--a good many

people are fixed by this time. Two weeks sooner would have made some

difference. I couldn't very well afford to carry the house all through

the summer. There's a bottom to our pocket-book, and we are getting to

it faster than you think."

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