"So nobody shall carry us off," answered Louisa Ellen.
"Is anybody likely to carry you off?" asked Miss Miflin, smiling. She had seen at once that the gun was useless as a weapon.
"Yes, ma'am," answered Ellen Louisa.
Miss Miflin smiled again. It was time to begin school, and she supposed it was all one of the twins' tricks.
"Put the gun in the corner and go to your seats," she said.
An hour later Miss Miflin heard a stir in the back of the room.
"Ellen—" she began. Then she followed the children's gaze toward the window.
Sarah Wenner stood there, looking in, as though she only meant to assure herself of the twins' presence. But what a changed, wild-eyed Sarah! Miss Miflin dropped chalk and ruler and went to the door.
"Sarah!" she called.