She put both fingers in her ears in protest.
“Stop talking so much and I’ll tell you,” she said. “Miss Hale is not going, but Mrs. Baird is.”
“No!”
“Really!”
“She’s a darling.”
“What a lark.”
The girls were overcome with surprise and delight.
Lois managed to say a whole sentence without being interrupted.
“Louise, you’re a wonder, how did you ever manage it!”
“I explained about Miss Hale’s cold and asked her if she could think of any one else. She suggested going herself and of course I wouldn’t leave until I’d made her promise that she would.”