“When I get home,” Bess spoke more quietly than was her wont, “I’m going to do a little reforming myself. I’m going to pay more attention to what mother has to say. I’m going to be a better daughter.”
“And I am too,” Laura agreed.
“And I,” Grace and Amelia said this together.
So even while Rhoda Hammond in a plane that was winging its way toward her western home, was remembering little, dear things about the mother she was so fond of, her friends were thinking of her and making resolution after resolution about their own conduct toward their parents.
CHAPTER X
FIRST MEXICAN EXPERIENCE
The days that followed were punctuated by telegrams received from Rhoda.
“Arrived safely.” That was the first one. It told nothing at all of her mother’s condition.
“Mother’s condition very serious. Not much hope.” That was the second and the girls scarcely had the heart to go on with Adair MacKenzie’s party. Privately, they gave up hope entirely, but Adair tried to keep their spirits up. “Never can tell about these things,” he said after reading the message.