“And so,” she concluded, “if you two young ladies want a chaperone, you will have to go too.”
“I guess it’s the only thing to do,” admitted Marjorie, regretfully. “So we might as well pack our things, Lily.”
In her speech and her thought Marjorie Wilkinson was as near to acknowledgement of defeat as she had ever been in her life.
ALL SET.
CHAPTER XX
ALL SET.
After the girls left the restaurant on the eve of their return trip, John and Jack went back to their table and smoked a while in silence. Both had been surprised by the boldness of Marjorie’s plan; yet both attached importance to the fact that she had considered it necessary to summon them from Chicago for assistance. And each young man secretly entertained a feeling of pride at her dependence.
“Well, what do you think there is to it?” asked Jack.
“Something, of course,” replied John. “Marjorie never goes off at a tangent.”
“I’d like to meet these Crowell fellows,” observed the other.