“Take care, mammy,” said the boy, when all the danger was over.
“Now, that job’s done! I’m allus thankful when I can get out’n a carriage without hurting of myself or breaking anything. And now, honey, let me help you out. Be careful, child,” she said, holding her arms forth to receive her charge.
“Stand aside, please,” smiled Drusilla; and then, rather than avail herself of mammy’s dangerous assistance, she alighted without aid, and immediately entered the office, calling Leo to attend her.
Seeing a lady’s waiting-room back of the office, she gave her purse to Leo, telling him to go to the clerk and secure their seats; but then, as the sudden thought that they might all be already taken flashed into her mind, she hurried after the boy up to the clerk’s desk and eagerly inquired:
“Have you any seats left in the coach now about to start?”
“Yes, Miss; lots. We have nine inside, and only one taken.”
“Then I will take two at once,” said Drusilla, with another sigh of relieved anxiety.
“Four, master, if you please; we’ll take four. All the back seats and one of the others,” said mammy.
“What is that for?” hastily whispered Drusilla.
“’Cause, child, you can’t sit up all night. You must lie down, and you must have all the back seats to lie on like a sofy, you know,” whispered mammy, in reply.