“Men never do admire handsome men,” Linda answered, slyly.
“If you call him handsome!— Well, you have to give us to-morrow. Kit’s expecting you to lunch.”
“O.K.,” agreed the girl, disappearing with a swan dive into the lake.
Chapter VI
The Telegram
“I hear you have made a new conquest, Linda!”
Tiny Kitty Hulbert, Ralph Clavering’s married sister, sat on the edge of the diving board the following morning and talked to Linda, who was watching the newspaper reporter, Mike O’Malley, trying to teach Amy to swim. But the young girl was terribly frightened, and was not making progress.
Linda blushed and smiled.
“I wouldn’t say that, exactly——”
“But it’s true,” said Kitty. “I never saw anybody more thrilled than Lord Dudley. He thinks you’re just about perfect.”
“When did you see him?” asked Linda, trying to keep her voice calm. This was Wednesday, the day after her flight across the lake, and incidentally the last day for the contestants to register for the treasure hunt.