“I thank you, Mr. Gaylord,” she answered, a little hesitantly, “indeed, I do; but, really, I don’t think I can go—”
“Oh! why not?” broke in Doodles. “You said you wanted to!”
The girl trembled on the verge of a smile, and suddenly was in a merry laugh.
“You will go, won’t you?” coaxed the boy, delighted at the pleasant turn things had taken.
“Perhaps,” she yielded—and then darted away.
CHAPTER V
CARUSO AND DOCTOR SANDY
The next day being Saturday it was thought best, after a family council, for Blue to take Caruso to the Scotchman of whom Thomas Fitzpatrick had told him.
“You won’t be gone so very long, will you?” asked Doodles anxiously.
“A good part of the afternoon, I’m afraid,” his brother answered. “Do you mind staying alone?”