"Have you? I s'pose you can cut up larks in the country that you couldn't here?"
"It's awfully different." Dotty sighed. "I like the city better in lots of ways, but, altogether, I guess I'd rather live in Berwick."
"What are you two confabbing about?" sang out a voice, and Dolly, with
Ted Hosmer, came gliding up and stopped in front of Dot and young Knapp.
"Settling the affairs of the nation," said Geordie; "also, it's a case of 'change partners.'" He jumped up, took Dolly's hands in his, and they swayed off across the ice, leaving Dotty and Ted together.
"Don't mind him; he's crazy," said Ted, as he dropped onto the seat beside Dotty. "And anyway, we're such chums we share our best friends with each other!"
"Glad you do! I like to talk to different people—"
"I'm a different people; oh, I assure you I am. Please like to talk to me!"
"I do. Or, at least, I'm sure I shall. What shall we talk about?"
"Sports in general. What do you like best, next to skating?"
"Tennis, don't you?"