Chapter 18: Katherine Goes to the City

⁠​​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌‌⁠"Does anyone want to go in to the city this afternoon?" asked Nyoda, as they rose from luncheon. It had been a rather silent, dispirited meal, and quickly gotten over with. "I had planned to go in and take a few things to Mrs. Deane to-day, but now it will be impossible for me to get away. Sylvia has been fretting about her aunt and I think someone ought to go."

"I'll go," said Katherine readily, h