"Looks like it, don't it?" said she. "Spending all your time with a girl's brother."
"Not doing what you most want to do," said Pritchard, "is sometimes thought knightly."
"Do you know," she said critically, "sometimes I think you really like me a lot. And sometimes I think that I really like you. The funny thing is that it never seems to happen to both of us at the same time. There's Arthur looking for you. Do me a favor—shake him and come for a tramp with me."
"I can't," said Pritchard simply. "I've promised. But to-morrow——"
"Certainly not," said she.
[XII]
Warm weather and the real opening of the season arrived at the same time. The Camp hummed with the activities and the voices of people. And it became possible for the Darlings to withdraw a little into their shells and lead more of a family life. As Maud said:
"When there were more proprietors than guests, we simply had to sail in and give the guests a good time. But now that the business is in full blast, we mustn't be amateurs any more."