She stretched luxuriously and snuggled down again between the blankets. Cautiously the door opened and Antoinette looked in.
“Antoinette!” Gale said, stretching out her hand.
“You are well again, Gale,” Antoinette said, almost sadly. “I am glad. But now you will leave us——”
“Tomorrow,” Gale nodded. “I can never thank you enough, Antoinette, for all you have done——”
“It was nothing,” the French girl said confusedly. “You were like a sister.”
“You will come to the States to see me?” Gale pleaded. The subject had been mentioned earlier when the others had been present and Antoinette had flushed with pleasure at the invitation.
“But of course, I shall be most happy,” she declared.
When Antoinette had gone again Gale turned contentedly on her pillows. She had had a most exciting time but now her difficulties were over. Tomorrow she would fly back to Marchton. School would begin for her again, gay times with her friends, a sheltered life in the little town. Except for a slight headache she had no reminder at all of the long time through which she had just come. Again she sighed with pleasure. Another thing that made her happy—Brent was going home with them!
Chapter XVII
RETURN
“For she’s a jolly good fellow, for she’s a jolly good fellow——” the Adventure Girls sang loudly if not well.