"
"She wouldn't mind if she knew, would she?" said Patty.
"Oh, mercy, no! She'd think it the best joke in the world. She lives
in California, so there's little chance of Mr. Cameron ever seeing
her. Now let's write the letter."
After much agony of composition and much gay fooling, the plotters
produced this:
"DEAR MR. CHRISTOPHER:
I must modify your more formal name a little,--for it seems now as
if I almost knew you. I tremble with fear lest some one should
discover that I write to you. But I cannot help writing. I am
impelled by a feeling in my soul. I send my picture and I wish it
were more beautiful. For I know you love only what is good and
beautiful. We must not meet, that would be TOO dangerous. But will
you not write me one more precious letter that I may keep it
forever?
BELLE."
There had been much discussion over the signature. Adele preferred
"Yours devotedly"; Daisy wanted "Yours adoringly"; but Patty stood
out for the name alone, saying that it meant more that way.
And so the letter enclosing the picture was despatched to Kit, who
received it duly.
CHAPTER XVI
BELLE HARCOURT
As quickly as possible the answer came back.
It was a rainy day, and Adele sent the chauffeur to Maple Bank after
it.
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