"Patty, you're a goose! A silly idiot of a goose! But such a dear, pretty little goose, that with all your faults we love you still! Now, I'll scoot, and you get dressed, for we're going somewhere today."
"Where?"
"Never you mind, Miss Curiosity. Just put on a house dress and come down to breakfast, and you'll find out."
Elise ran away, but Mona lingered.
"Patty," she said, a little gravely, "Philip is terribly upset about last night."
"I don't care if he is, Mona. He has no right to be. He has no authority over me."
"What! When you've become engaged to him?"
"I'm not engaged to him at all."
"He says you are."
"Did he really say that, Mona?"