"Then, Mother, will you please stop there on your way home?" was Dorothy's final prayer.
"She's going to stop and talk it over with your Mother on her way home," was the news she gave Edna. "Now I suppose that is all that we can do. Do you think it is, Agnes?" she asked.
"I don't see why Edna couldn't call up her father just as you did yours," returned Agnes, "and then there would be only the mothers to deal with."
[19] "Why, of course," agreed Dorothy, with a pleased look. "Come on, Edna, and see what he says."
But here they met with a disappointment, for Mr. Conway was not at his office and it was uncertain when he would be, so his word on the subject must be left till later.
At Dorothy's urgent request Edna stayed until Mrs. Evans' return, and the two spent most of the intervening time in watching for the carriage.
At last it was seen slowly coming up the drive, and the two little girls rushed out to meet it.
"Go in out of the hot sun," called Mrs. Evans, as the little figures took up a place either side of the carriage. "What are you thinking of? Do you want to have a sunstroke?"
"Oh, but, Mother, please stop and let us get in; then we won't be in the sun," said Dorothy.
"Stop then, William," Mrs. Evans ordered the driver, and the two children clambered in.