"Shall I go?" were the words which would have issued from her pretty lips, one day, a week later (had she been in the habit of talking to herself), as she finished reading a long and chatty letter inviting her to "come away North, and spend the holidays."
—"A Century Ride,"
Grace E. Denison
Rewrite the passage using contemporary language and style. Be sure to include all key details, but you can change them to match modern things.