As for Lucy, she had many plans in view. One
was to get all the fun possible out of the situation;
another was to provide for her future. How this was
to be accomplished she had not yet determined. Her
plans were laid, but some of them she knew from past
experience might go astray. On one point she had
made up her mind--not to be in a hurry. In furtherance
of these schemes she had for some days--some
months, in fact--been making preparations for an
important move. She knew that its bare announcement
would come as a surprise to Jane and Martha
and, perhaps, as a shock, but that did not shake her
purpose. She furthermore expected more or less opposition
when they fully grasped her meaning. This
she intended to overcome. Neither Jane nor Martha,
she said to herself, could be angry with her for long,
and a few kisses and an additional flow of good-
humor would soon set them to laughing again.
To guard against the possibility of a too prolonged
interview with Jane, ending, perhaps, in a
disagreeable scene--one beyond her control--she had
selected a sunny summer morning for the stage setting
of her little comedy and an hour when Feilding
was expected to call for her in his drag.
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