"If my mother had known that——"
"If your mother didn't wish to receive me at her home," interrupted Linda, "there was no reason in the world why she should. Everyone has a right to her own opinion!"
"But now that we've been formally introduced, it's different," he urged. "Please tell me how long you'll be in Jacksonville."
"We're leaving tomorrow," she said, rising. "And will you please excuse me—as I see Dot going to the dressing-room?"
[Chapter XI]
The Island in the Ocean
"I certainly am sorry we don't have Susie with us," remarked Dot, as the girls sat down to their late dinner that evening, after their refreshing swim. "I thought she'd be better than a 'talkie' for amusement."
"Yes, you would have enjoyed her, Dot," agreed Linda, picking up the menu and studying it with a great deal of interest. "I'm going to order everything here, Dot. I'm simply starved."
"So am I, though I ought to be ashamed to admit it. You should have seen the lunch I ate!"