"Oh!" she exclaimed suddenly, "there are the twin Browns! Did you know they were here, Dolly?"
"I thought they would be; they come here 'most every summer." And Dolly smiled across the room at Tod and Tad, who bobbed their heads and grinned in response.
"I'm glad they're here," Dolly went on; "it's so nice to have some one you know to start you getting acquainted."
"It won't take you long to get acquainted," said Trudy, smiling, "for all the children of your age who are here are waiting for you. I've told several that you were coming, and I expect the Brown boys have made all sorts of plans for your entertainment. We won't bathe to-day until after luncheon; you can spend the morning on the beach or go for a motor ride with me, whichever you like."
As the girls hesitated over their decision, the Brown twins came over to their table and greeted them gaily.
"Thought you girls would never get here," said Tod, though really it mattered little which of them spoke, for they were so precisely alike it was impossible to tell them apart.
"Jolly to see you again," said Tad; "do come out on the beach with us as soon as you finish your breakfast, won't you?"
"Yes," said Dolly; "I guess we won't go with you, Trude, this morning; I want Dotty to get acquainted with the ocean."
And so when the girls left the dining-room, they found not only the Browns, but several other young people waiting on the veranda to escort them down to the beach.
There were general introductions, and as they went down the long flight of the hotel steps, Dolly found herself walking beside a girl named Pauline Clifton.