A moment more he held her hands, gazing deep into her eyes, and then turned abruptly to greet Daisy.
CHAPTER XIII
AT DAISY'S DICTATION
At Farnsworth's directions, the "rescuing party" had brought with them a glazier and his kit of tools and materials. While he fitted a new pane of glass in place of the broken one, Mona expressed her opinion of the escapade of the night before.
"It was all your fault, Bill!" she exclaimed. "You ought not to have driven so fast and so far."
"I know it, ma'am," said Big Bill, looking like a culprit schoolboy.
"I'm awful 'shamed of myself!"
"And well you may be!" chimed in Adele Kenerley. "Suppose this house hadn't been here, what would you have done?"
"I should have built one," declared Bill, promptly.
"So you would!" agreed Patty, heartily.
"You're equal to any emergency, Little Billee; and it WASN'T all your fault, anyway. I egged you on, because I love to drive fast, especially at night."