"And see here; don't lose that note, Tommie. By Heavens, he handles money more carelessly than I do. No matter, wait till his mother sees it."
While they were talking to the boy, Dolly drove up in her car and stopped a moment to chat and scold. They laughed at her and she drove away as if they were hopeless.
"Your sister is the dearest woman," remarked Alice as Dolly's car disappeared. "I am so fond of her, I believe I am growing like her."
"Don't grow too like her."
"Why not?"
"Dolly has too much heart. It gets her into trouble."
"She says you have too much, yourself."
"I've paid for it, too; I've been in trouble."
"And I shall be, if you don't take me home pretty soon."
"Don't let us go home as long as we can go anywhere else," pleaded Kimberly. "When we go home we are separated."