"No, I will not. I am going to send a prescription to the drug store, and the note can be taken at the same time, but if Bubbles does not take it, I think you will have to."
"O, mamma, I don't want to. Can't Sylvy go?"
"I cannot spare her."
Eleanor was silent for a moment. She did not want to subject Bubbles to a possible wordy attack from Janet, and yet she dreaded seeing her late companion again. But her loyalty to Bubbles at last overcame all other feeling, and she said: "I don't have to go in, do I, mamma? I can leave the note at the door?"
"Yes, that will be quite sufficient."
"Then I will go instead of Bubbles."
Her mother smiled. "I thought you would decide it so. I can generally be sure of my little daughter's good heart."
"You don't believe Bubbles took the ring, do you, mamma?"
"No, I think Janet has probably dropped it somewhere."
Eleanor started off on her errand, and after going to the drug store, she went on to deliver the note, and reached the gate just in time to meet Mrs. Forrester coming out with Janet. The two little girls looked at each other in rather an embarrassed way. It was not an agreeable meeting for either of them.