I 'm sure you are as cosy here as need be , and nobody but yourself . Is n't this house big enough for you ? '' `` No , it is n't . All my life I 've been hankering for a good , big , roomy house , and all my life I 've had to put up with little boxes of places , not big enough to turn round in . I 've been contented , and made the best of what I had , but now that I can afford it , I mean to have a house that will suit me . The Carroll house is just what I want , for all it is a little old-fashioned . I 've always had a notion of that house , although I never expected to own it any more than the moon . '' `` It 's a real handsome place , '' admitted Mrs. Stapp , `` but I expect it will need a lot of fixing up . Nobody has lived in it for six years . When are you going to move in ? '' `` In about three weeks , if all goes well . I 'm having it all painted and done over inside . The outside can wait until the spring . '' `` It 's queer how things come about , '' said Mrs. Stapp meditatively . `` I guess old Mrs. Carroll never imagined her home was going to pass into other folks ' hands as it has . When you and I were girls , and Louise Carroll was giving herself such airs over us , you did n't much expect to ever stand in her shoes , did you ? Do you remember Lou ? '' `` Yes , I do , '' said Mrs. March sharply . A change came over her sonsy , smiling face . It actually looked hard and revengeful , and a cruel light flickered in her dark brown eyes .
`` I 'll not forget Lou Carroll XXXXX long as I live .
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