"I'll take you to see some of dad's pictures this afternoon," said Dawn. "They're in a gallery with some others in Bond Street. That's close here, you know. I can go in free. The gatekeeper knows me."
"Blanche will have to come with us," said Christina.
"Oh no, she won't. Dad lets me go about alone."
"Yes, Dawn is quite enough for us," said Puggy. "And we'll go out the very minute we've had enough to eat."
"But I couldn't," said Christina; "it wouldn't be right!"
"It will be right if I say it is," cried Dawn gaily.
Christina was silent. The idea of going out with the two boys without Blanche sounded very tempting.
"The Squire only said Blanche was to come with us when we went to Dawn," argued Puggy.
"I shan't feel comfortable," said Christina; "my conscience will bother me so."
"Oh, your conscience is all stuff; it is a rotten egg, your conscience is!"