Chapter 1

'HAPPY EVER SINCE' 195

ILLUSTRATIONS

'I'd like to know your sisters that are as little as me's names.' _Frontispiece_

Grandmamma's chair was still waiting to be decorated, so the next hour was spent very happily. 67

'I do wonder why they are so late'. 82

A nice-looking oldish man came forward and bowed respectfully to grandmamma. 126

It was the portrait of a young girl. 139

Up rushed two or three ... men, Cousin Cosmo the first. 160

It was all uphill too. 173