"We sure are!" said Cousin Jack. "And as this is the first time we've been invited out to dinner in Seacote, we're impatient to go."
So they set off for the Maynard house, and Midget led the way with Cousin Ethel.
"When did you come?" she inquired.
"Only this morning, dear. We're not quite set to rights yet, though I brought my own servants, and they'll soon have us all comfy."
"And how did you and Father fix up this plan?"
"He was over here this afternoon, and he and Cousin Jack planned it. Then, as soon as you left your house, your father telephoned over here, and we prepared to receive you in that crazy fashion. Of course, Jack opened the door and stayed behind it. You weren't frightened, were you?"
"No, not really. But it seemed a little,—a little creepy, you know."
"Of course it did!" cried Cousin Jack from behind them. "But that house is so overhung with creepers it makes you feel creepy anyway. I'm going to call it Creeper Castle."
"Oh, don't!" said Marjorie. "It sounds horrid! Makes you think of caterpillars and things like that!"
"So it does! Well, Mehitabel, you name it for us. I can't live in a house without a name."