She offered two cards to Floretta.—[Page 210.]
Arabella grasped her big umbrella firmly, and turned, as she went down the steps, to say:
"You may tell Dorothy Dainty that Miss Corryville called."
Floretta giggled.
"And you might tell your Aunt Matilda that you talked with Miss Paxton," she said.
"I will," said Arabella, without a sign of a smile.
"I wonder you don't leave cards," said Floretta, and to her surprise, the queer child put her hand in the pocket of her raincoat, and, without looking at them, offered two cards to Floretta, saying:
"There they are."
Then, without looking back, she marched resolutely down the road. She did not thank Floretta for talking with her while she rested, nor did she say "good-by."