Galbraith's benefit the symptoms of her late illness; and Madam Lee was
chatting with Delight as with an old-time friend. Bob longed to join
them, but prudence forbade his leaving Cynthia's side. Moreover he
suspected the tete-a-tete was of the old lady's arranging and he dared
not break in on it. If Madam Lee desired his presence, she was quite
capable of commanding it by one of those characteristically imperious
waves of her hand. But she did not summon him. Instead she sat with
her keen little eyes fixed on the girl opposite as if fascinated by her
beauty. Once Bob heard her ask Delight of the Brewsters and caught
fragments that indicated they were talking of the child's early life in
the village.
It was Celestina who at length broke in on the conversation.
"I guess we must be thinkin' of goin', Delight, don't you? We have a
long ride back, you know."
"Delight!" echoed Madam Lee, repeating the word with surprise.
"A queer name, ain't it?" Celestina put in. "So old-fashioned an'
uncommon! When the child first come here folks couldn't believe but
'twas a pet name her dad had given her; but the little thing insisted
'twas what she was christened.
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