"All right," said Dorothy, "I think it would be better, for there is that long sunny stretch along the road, though the rest of the way is shady."
They set forth talking eagerly. "Don't you think it sounded as if I might go?" asked Edna.
"Why yes," replied Dorothy, "only I don't see how we can wait till evening to know."
"Do you believe your mother will say positively that you can or that you can't?"
[16] "I think she will say just what your mother did; that she will have to talk to papa about it, but—oh, Edna, I know what I shall do."
"What?"
"I shall ask mother if she can't telephone in to father and find out, and if she says she can't take the time to do it, I know Agnes will."
"What a lovely idea!" exclaimed Edna. "I shall do that very same thing as soon as I get home."
"And if he says yes, you can telephone over to me."
"That's just what I'll do. Oh, isn't it exciting?"