'Nearly,' said Katie, yawning.
'You look as if you couldn't stand.'
'Yes, I am too tired to stand; but still I think I could dance a little more, only—'
'Only what?'
'Whisper,' said Katie; and Gertrude put down her ear near to her sister's lips. 'Both my shoes are quite worn out, and my toes are all out on the floor.'
It was clearly time for them to go home, so away they all went.
CHAPTER XXVII. — EXCELSIOR
The last words that Katie spoke as she walked down Mrs. Val's hall, leaning on Charley's arm, as he led her to the carriage, were these—