A Rebellious Grandmother

⁠​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​⁠Mrs. Cissy Beale and her daughter Cecily sat together in the latter's bedroom—a bewitching apartment, in which pale-gray paper and pale-gray draperies formed an effective background for the rosewood furniture and the French mirrors and tapestried screens.

Between the two women was a bassinet and a baby.

"You act," said Cecily, "as if you were sorry about—the baby."

Her mother, who lay stretched at ea