“They looked at one another with frightened eyes.
“‘I wish we hadn’t come,’ mourned Mary Lamb, and the nine others said that they wished they had not come, too.
“‘What will Mr. Cross say!’ cried Jane. ‘Jim Tucker says he is just like his name—Oh, dear! oh, dear!’
“‘Oh, dear! oh, dear!’ echoed the nine others.
“‘Maybe the sheep will run away and never come back,’ said Nancy.
“‘Maybe!’ agreed the rest.
“‘I think we ought to go and tell Mr. Cross,’ ventured Mary Lamb.
“‘Oh, I don’t dare!’ Mary Lyon said.
“‘I don’t dare, either,’ said Mary Fox.
“And the seven others said that they did not dare, too.