After lunch was over, the girls sat about anxious to have a talk. Bob, Eddie and Tom thought they would like to investigate the source of the brook and so they were off.
"Aren't you excited about Aunt Madge being married, Mary Lee?" asked Letty.
"Yes," added Ruth, "and I know who are to be the bridesmaids."
If Ruth expected that this information would cause a commotion, she was not a bit disappointed.
"You do?" queried Letty.
"Can you tell us?" asked Mary Lee.
Ruth pretended she did not hear them, having found something on one of the trees which interested her.
Letty and Mary Lee laughingly and excitedly surrounded her, urging her to give them the information.
"Won't you tell us?" repeated Mary Lee coaxingly.
"Oh, it isn't a secret," answered Ruth, "and I can tell you."