"
"Well," sighed Mrs. Jasher wearily, "I hope that all this
trouble will come to an end. That green mummy has proved most
unlucky. Leave me now, dear girls, as I feel somewhat tired."
"Good-bye," said Lucy, kissing her. "I hope that you will be
better this evening. Don't get up unless you feel quite able."
"Oh, I shall take my ease in the drawing-room."
"I thought you always called it the parlor," laughed the girl.
"Ah," Mrs. Jasher smiled, "you see I am practicing against the
time when I shall be mistress of the Pyramids, You can't call
that large room there a parlor," and she laughed weakly.
Altogether, Mrs. Jasher impressed both Lucy and Donna Inez with
the fact that she was very weak and scarcely able, as she put it,
to draw one leg after the other. Both the girls would have been
surprised to see what a hearty meal Mrs. Jasher made that
evening, when she was up and dressed. Perhaps she felt that her
strength needed keeping up, but she certainly partook largely of
the delicate dinner provided by Jane, who was a most excellent
cook.
After dinner, Mrs. Jasher lay on a pink couch in the pink parlor
by a splendid fire, for the night was cold and raw with a promise
of rain.
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