Rosalind has a habit of swift decision when she has settled a question in her own mind, and I was not sur- prised when she replied with a single decisive word. But she also has a habit of making thorough preparation in any train, not a movement made toward any winding up of household affairs. I had great faith in her ability to execute her plans with celerity, but I doubted whether she could be ready to turn the key in the door, bid farewell to the milkman and the butcher, and start the very next day