"You dear child! You are perfectly fascinating," Mrs. Brewster declared.
"There, there, Ethel, you mustn't tell Miss Fairfield what we all think about her," Peyton interrupted.
And then Patty was called to the telephone.
"You must come home, Patty," Adele's voice said.
"All right, I will, Adele," Patty replied; "but tell me this, does Kit think I'm lost, or anything?"
"No, Patty, he doesn't; but all the rest do. Kit pretends he thinks something has happened to you, but he told me privately that he knew perfectly well that you were all right, and that Jim and I know where you are! Oh, you can't fool HIM. But Mr. Van Reypen is nearly crazy. He says he doesn't think anything dreadful has happened to you, but he thinks you've had a breakdown and can't get home, and he insists on starting out to look for you. If you don't come right away, Patty dear, I can't keep him here much longer!"
"All right, Adele, I'll start at once; truly, I will! Don't send for me. Somebody here will take me over. You know your little runabout is here. I'll come home in that."
"Don't drive it yourself."
"Of course not. Somebody will drive me. I'll be over in fifteen minutes. Good-bye."
Patty hung up the receiver and returned to the drawing-room.