The twins, however, had stopped again. They had loosened their grasp on each other, and were standing with clasped hands and rapturous gaze.
"What is it?" asked Miss Miflin. Then she followed their glance to a little peanut and candy stand near by.
"Peanuts!" said Louisa Ellen rapturously.
"Candy!" said Ellen Louisa.
There was a shocked "Ach, aren't you ashamed!" from Sarah, and a laugh from Miss Miflin.
"Wait till we go home," she said.
Then, together, she and Sarah pushed open the heavy door of the court house.
They found themselves in a great, empty hall, with many doors on each side. The twins, after a moment's silent contemplation, tried to puzzle out the signs above the doors. "Clerk of the Court" was easy. "District Attorney" and "Prothonotary" were harder.
"Are we going to one of those places?" whispered Louisa Ellen. They had never been to a circus, but they were feeling the same pleasant thrills that a small boy would feel at sight of the closed tents.