“To the other end of nowhere,” said Vera.
“And I am so tired,” whined Thekla. “These tight boots do hurt me so! I want to go to bed.”
Paulina was already on her knees, removing the boots and accommodating a pair of slippers to the little feet.
“We might as well be in a desert island,” continued Vera, “shut up from everything with an old frump.”
“Take care,” said Agatha, in warning, signing towards Thekla.
“I am sure she looks jolly and good-natured,” said Paulina.
“But did you hear what Elsie Lee always calls her, ‘our maiden aunt’?”
All three laughed, and Vera added, “All the girls say she can’t be less than fifty.”
“Topsy! You know she is only sixteen years older than I am.”
“Well, that’s half a hundred!”