“All right!” said Victor with a sudden grin. “I have an idea.” Then Hugh said he had an idea too—a dark secret! As for Reddy, he could hardly wait, he was so eager to get into his costume.
“What about Nelly Sackett?” asked Beverly. “We must let her know in time to get ready.”
“Of course,” agreed Nancy. “She will have to hurry, if she has only to-morrow to fix her costume, by herself. She said she was not coming over to-day. Can’t someone take time to let her know?”
“I’ll go over and tell her,” said Anne unexpectedly. “I was going any way to see my rabbit, Plon.”
“You can ask Nelly to stay all night,” suggested Mrs. Batchelder. “We can put her up somewhere. We have done it before.”
“She can have my bed,” said Beverly eagerly. “I will sleep on the floor.”
“No, I will,” said Anne, after a minute.
“Well, you can settle that later,” suggested Tante. “You can even pull your two cots together and make them up crosswise for three. Once when I was a little girl I went visiting with some of my cousins, and seven of us girls slept in one bed! To be sure that was in the days of the big old-fashioned bedsteads, which were like arks.”
“I’ll paddle you around in the canoe, Anne, if you like,” offered Dick. “I’ve agreed to go to the Harbor for the mail. And I’ll call for you on the way back.”
“That would be very nice,” said Anne gratefully.