"It does to me because I've never done it before. It's great fun."
The sun was higher, and warm from exercise, they sat down in the shadow of the cliff to rest, and cool off.
They talked of the ships that appeared on the horizon, wondering what their cargoes might be. They talked of all sorts of things, but it was Sprite who gave a surprise.
"Guess who has gone way, way over in that big yellow house on the cliff to live. Guess!" she said, and her eyes were twinkling.
"Oh, tell us," said Polly.
"Yes, you'd better tell us," said Rose. "We couldn't ever guess."
"Won't you guess?" Sprite asked.
"What's the use," said Polly. "We couldn't guess who it is in a month!"
"Well, it's Gwen Harcourt," Sprite said.
"Gwen Harcourt!" cried Polly and Rose in the same breath. "Why, how funny. Her mamma said she was tired of Cliffmore."