“Well, it’s just as well for you to miss a party once in a while; you have plenty of them. And I like the party I was at better than any I ever went to.”
The roads were much better where they were travelling now, and they reached the station in time for Philip’s train. But it was a close connection, for the train was already in the station, and as Philip swung aboard, he saw Martin and Hal Ferris coming in another sleigh.
“There they are!” he called to Patty. “It’s all right, good-bye.”
“Good-bye,” she called back, and then the train pulled out.
“Well, you did cut up a pretty trick!” exclaimed Hal Ferris, as he came up to her. “Now, you jump in here with me, and I’ll drive you home, and let Martin look after your horses. They must be pretty well done up. I would have brought a motor, but the sleighing’s fine, and the motoring isn’t. Hop in.”
Patty hopped in, and in a moment they were flying along toward home.
“What did I miss?” she asked. “Did you have a party last night?”
“Party! in that storm! Rather not.”
“Well, what did I miss?”
“What makes you think you missed anything?”