“Oh, Celia Ferris is going with Lollie Henry, and Joe Collins—”
“Well, what about Joe Collins?” asked Dolly.
“Oh, nothin’.”
“Yes, there is, too; what made you stop short?”
“Well, if you must know, he said he was going to ask you.”
“Oh, do you boys talk it all over,—about who you’ll take, I mean?”
“Sure we do,” said Tod, grinning. “I gave Joe my new knife if he’d let me ask you first.”
“You didn’t!” and Dolly looked shocked.
“No, of course he didn’t!” said Tad. “Don’t you let him fool you, Dolly.”
The quartette had walked along to the Fayres’ house, and the boys wanted to go in and see how the house was coming on. But Dolly wouldn’t allow this, as she said she must study her lessons.