"Away beyond the big reservoir—much nearer the Fossdyke Wash than we are," Noreen explained. "Gorgeous fields, if it's fine—but—when it's wet—Help! I wish they would play us at Redlands—we're always all right."
"And who will be allowed to go besides the Team?" Joey next asked anxiously.
"Oh, when we play outside and have to drive or go by train, each member of the Team can take a friend, and the Heads of the Upper and Lower School can take two. You'll take us, won't you, Gabrielle?" Noreen demanded breathlessly.
Joey gasped at the audacity of this suggestion, but Gabrielle answered composedly.
"You were the two I meant to ask, of course." Joey walked the rest of the way back treading on air, and refrained from swanking aggressively to either Gabrielle or Noreen when Miss Craigie invited her to come and help unpack after tea.
Afterwards, when several very big things had happened, she looked back on that blissful afternoon, and saw the result of that threefold friendship.
CHAPTER XIV
"The Play's the Thing"
"I think we ought to do something to celebrate Miss Craigie's return," remarked Noreen.