"Ladies!" exclaimed Nan contemptuously.
"One of them had beautiful feathers in her hat," returned Jack defiantly.
"Well, never mind. Go on."
"They wanted to take a drive, but they wanted to pay very little for it, and finally the cocher said if I could go, too, he would take them for a franc and a half. So they went and they stopped quite a time; we had to wait, the cocher and I."
"Where was the place?"
"I don't know. It was somewhere that you get things to eat and drink. They didn't ask me to take any of what they were having."
"I should hope not. So then you waited, and the cocher brought you back?"
Jack nodded. "Hm, hm. He was going to take the ladies further, so when I saw you and Jean I said I would get down, and here I am all safe and sound," she added cheerfully.
"You ought to be spanked and put to bed," said Nan severely.