“Don’t be modest. They couldn’t be. When are they coming?”
“I’m not just sure. Perhaps next week.”
“That’s all right then. They’ll come with us. We’ll all go to Mexico together. Now, that’s taken care of.”
It was on this decision, that Bess had entered the room so unexpectedly.
CHAPTER II
YOU’RE GOING WITH ME
“But do you think the others can go?” Bess asked anxiously when Adair MacKenzie and Alice had driven off in search of Mr. Sherwood. “To bring him home where he belongs when he has visitors,” Adair had said.
“What do you think, Momsey?” Nan referred the question to her mother. The three were in the kitchen where Mrs. Sherwood was bustling about preparing a company dinner.
“The good Lord only knows,” Mrs. Sherwood shook her head as she sifted more flour on her biscuit dough and then kneaded it lightly and expertly. “I can only tell you two girls this. When Adair MacKenzie sets out to do something, he usually does it. He has a way about him that almost always wins people over to his side.”