Then he went away, leaving Patty much more disturbed by what he had said than by all the gay fooleries of Eddie Bell or Kit Cameron.
CHAPTER X
QUARANTINED
"Tired?" asked Mrs. Perry, as she welcomed Patty to her side.
"A little; I love to dance, but a long program does weary me. Are we going home soon?"
"Whenever you like, dear."
"Oh, not until the others are ready. There goes Marie. She's having a lovely time to-night. Isn't she a pretty thing?—and so popular."
Patty's admiration was sincere and honest, and Marie's dark, glowing beauty was well worthy of commendation.
But seeing Patty sitting by Mrs. Perry, Marie came to them, when the dance ended, and declared that she was quite ready to go home, although the program wasn't finished.
"What's all this about?" inquired Kit Cameron, coming up to them. "Go home? Not a bit of it! There are a lot of dances yet."