"I'll bet a cookie they've come to the party!" Margy announced, as they heard the unbidden guests ascending the porch steps.
THE BEACH PARTY
Margy declaring that she was not dressed and Jess flatly refusing to go, Polly had to answer the ring at the door.
"Hello," said Carrie, smiling. "We thought we'd come over for a little while. Isn't it a lovely evening?"
Polly thought it was and asked them to sit down on the porch, "while I tell Jess and Margy you're here."
She also told her mother and the others. To her surprise, they seemed to take the situation calmly.
"Why, dear, we have plenty of everything to eat," Mrs. Marley declared. "I think it will be nice to have Carrie and Mattie stay. Run out on the porch and talk with them until I get the rest of this bacon sliced."