“And what will the club do without you on Saturday?” Alec asked, as they set out.
“Just that—I reckon.”
There was considerable protest among the six, when it was known that their president intended leaving them for so long; they flatly refused to hold a meeting without her. “It wouldn’t be any fun!” Debby declared.
They were down at the station in a body to see her off; very much as if she were going on a real journey. “Which is what she will be doing before long,” Susy said, watching the train draw out; “so we’d better make the most of her while she’s here.”
“Like last week?” Sarah asked, with such unusual spirit that the others stared at her in astonishment.
“Good for you, Sallykins!” Kitty commented. “You’re coming on!”
Blue Bonnet, seated beside Aunt Lucinda, and rejoicing as she always did in the swift sense of motion, was thinking herself that girls were queer; last week, they would hardly speak to her; this week, they couldn’t be friendly enough.
“I’ll have to take an early train Monday morning, won’t I?” she said, turning to her aunt.
“The 7.45 from town.”
“I hope I don’t oversleep!”