Book Excerpt: ..." said Jasper, after a moment. "Well, it will not be for long, I presume, that we shall have the honor; she'll be easily tired of America, and take herself off again.""She doesn't stay in this house, does she, Jasper?" cried Polly in a tone of horror."No; that is, unless she chooses to, then we can't turn her off. She's a relative, you know.""Hasn't she any home?" asked Polly, "or any children?""Home? Yes, an estate down in Bedford County?-Dunraven Lodge; but it's all shut up, and in the hands of agents who have been trying for the half-dozen years she was abroad, to sell it for her. She may have come back to settle down there again, there's no telling what she will do. In the meantime, I fancy she'll make her headquarters here," he said gloomily."Oh, Jasper " exclaimed Polly, seizing his arm, feeling that here was need of comfort indeed, "how very dreadful Don't you suppose something will happen to take her away?"...