Lucy Maud Montgomery

Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1902 to 1903

Book Excerpt: ...s this satisfactory?""Perfectly," I said promptly. "If you will add thereto your promise that you will forget and forgive, Uncle Abimelech. There are to be no hard feelings."Uncle Abimelech shrugged his shoulders."In for a penny, in for a pound," he said. "Very well, Prue. We wipe off all scores and begin afresh. But there must be no more such doings. You've worked your little scheme through--trust a Foster for that! But in future you've got to remember that in law you're a Melville whatever you are in fact."I nodded dutifully. "I'll remember, Uncle Abimelech," I promised. After everything had been arranged and Uncle Abimelech had gone I looked at Murray. "Well?" I said. Murray twinkled. "You've accomplished the impossible, sis. But, as Uncle Abimelech intimated--don't you try it again."A Sandshore WooingFir Cottage, Plover Sands. July Sixth. We arrived here late last night, and all day Aunt Martha has kept her room to rest. So I had to...