“Then come in and join the party,” Carol commanded.
“The queen commands,” laughed Gale. “We have to obey.”
The two went back to the living room and danced some more. The noise kept up until the wee hours of the morning when, out of sheer necessity, the girls went off to bed. Each had a vague suspicion that they would not be able to get up the next morning and get the early start on which they had planned.
Chapter XXI
ADIOS
Their fears were confirmed. About ten o’clock the next morning Gale and Valerie managed to leave their beds for breakfast. But when they appeared in the dining room they discovered that they were the first and only ones to make their appearance. Mrs. Wilson despatched Valerie to bestir Phyllis and Madge and Gale departed to rouse Carol and Janet.
She knocked loudly on their door but all remained blissfully quiet. She peeped around the corner of the door and beheld her two friends curled like kittens, enjoying their nap.
“Hey!” she yelled. “Last call for breakfast.”
“Huh?” Carol cocked one sleepy eye in her direction while Janet remained in dreamland.
“I said,” Gale repeated painstakingly, “it is the last call for breakfast.”
“I don’t want any,” Carol said, turning over and burying her head in the covers.