"Well, I didn't mean right this minute, but sometime," he corrected.
"We will, surely. I want to introduce you to the lovely spots of the ranch, just as you showed me the charming places about Woodford. It will be different from following the brook as we used to do there, but I think you'll like it. There are picnic places along San Franciscito that can't be beat."
"San Francescheeto?" he echoed; "where's that?"
"That's the name of this river," she replied loftily.
Alec threw back his head and laughed. "The name's bigger than the stream!" he declared.
"It has advantages over the brook, as you'll see. One of them is the swimming hole. Do you swim?"
Alec's eyes glistened. "I'm ready to learn."
"Well, get Shady to teach you. I'm going to make the girls learn. You boys and we girls will have the pool on alternate days,—won't it be fun?"
"The best ever. This is the first I've heard of it."
"I wanted some things for surprises," Blue Bonnet declared. "Isn't it odd your being here and seeing everything I used to talk about? It was a novelty then, but after this I won't have anything left to describe to you. What do you suppose we will talk about on our first jaunt by the brook next spring?"