“Naturally,” he agreed.
Lily put an abrupt end to this conversation by reminding the girls of their need to retire early m view of the morrow’s strenuous program. In reality, she wanted to be alone with Marjorie to see whether she would reveal anything about her occupation during the afternoon. But both Marjorie and Ethel refused to divulge the secret.
“You really expect some sort of midnight raid from the Crowells?” Lily asked carelessly just for something to say.
“To tell you the truth, Lil,” replied Marjorie, “I don’t know what to expect. Since we’re not going to camp out, I can’t see just how they can work it. But I feel confident that they’ll try something.”
“Marj,” said the other girl, seriously, “I begin to think that it’s sort of dangerous for you even to attempt the trip back. What if they’d shoot you in a lonely place—?”
“Nonsense, Lil! We’ve got to take some risks. Think what it means to us—to Daisy and Flos—and to the whole Girl Scout organization!”
“And as usual you’re ready to defy consequences!” retorted Lily.
“But we always came out all right before, and we surely will now!”
“But we always had the boys to help us,” objected Lily.
Marjorie stole a glance at Ethel, but said nothing.