question: Who are Louise and Patricia? answer: Aunt Janes neices paragraph: Aunt Jane was equally surprised and gratified.  The return of the check for a hundred dollars was very pleasant.  She had drawn a similar check for each of her three nieces, believing that it would be necessary for her to meet their expenses, and she had considered the expenditure in the nature of a business transaction.  But Patricia had flung one check in her face, practically, and now Louise had voluntarily returned another, because she did not need the money.  Really, Jane Merrick was accomplishing her purpose for less money than she had expected, and she had hoarded her wealth for so many years that she disliked to spend any of it foolishly.  Louise had read her nature correctly.  It had been a little hard to return so large a check, but the girl's policy was not to appear before Aunt Jane as a poor relation, but rather as a young lady fitted by social education and position to become a gracious mistress of Elmhurst.  This she believed would give her a powerful advantage over all competitors. 