CHAPTER XXV
IN THE OLD DOCTOR’S OFFICE
The two girls, almost at once, began to shrink away through the bushes again–and this without a word or look having passed between them. Both Lyddy and ’Phemie were unwilling to meet the professor under these conditions.
They were back at the strawberry patch before either of them spoke aloud.
“What do you suppose he was about?” whispered ’Phemie.
“How do I know? And those bottles!”
“What do you think was in them?”
“Looked like water–nothing but water,” said Lyddy. “It certainly is a puzzle.”
“I should say so!”
“And there doesn’t seem to be any sense in it,” cried Lyddy. “Let’s go home, ’Phemie. We’ve got enough berries for supper.”