(Ruth bows.)
Miss Pickett. —and orderliness—
Hilda. Like mending our clothes,
Miss Pickett. —and courage.
Betty. That means me for rescuing you, Aunt Jane.
(Kitty fastens the top of a tin can to Betty’s blouse.)
Kitty. The Carnegie medal for heroism, my dear.
Miss Pickett. But also for kindly deeds.
Ruth. (aside) Those chops will be stone cold.
Miss Pickett. To finish my speech you are kindly helping me make. I believe that campers also stand for kindly deeds, so I wish you to remember me by one. (Turns to Lucille.) Lucille, my dear, with Miss Morgan’s permission you may spend the remainder of the summer here, and I will send at once for suitable clothes for you.