He's had all my work has
been worth all my life, and I've surely paid my way. I shall
teach the school I have signed for."
"You will get into a pretty kettle of fish!" said Adam.
"Agatha, will you sell me your telescope for what you paid for it,
and get yourself a new one the next time you go to Hartley? It is
only a few days until time to go to my school, it opens sooner
than in the country, and closes later. The term is four months
longer, so I earn that much more. I haven't gotten a telescope
yet. You can add it to my first payment."
"You may take it," said Agatha, "but hadn't you better reconsider,
Katherine? Things are progressing so nicely, and this will upset
everything for Nancy Ellen."
"That taking the home school will upset everything for me, doesn't
seem to count. It is late, late to find teachers, and I can be
held responsible if I break the contract I have made. Father can
stand the racket better than I can. When he wouldn't consent to
my going, he had no business to make plans for me. I had to make
my own plans and go in spite of him; he might have known I'd do
all in my power to get a school.
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