"Why, how much that looks—why it is Brenda," exclaimed Julia, "and that is Belle with her," she continued in surprise; "I wonder what they are doing down here."
Even as she spoke, the two figures at which she had been looking a moment before disappeared within a doorway.
"Would you like to meet them and ask them to walk home with us?" enquired Miss South.
"Why, I don't know," replied Julia. "I am afraid that they may not wish to come with us; it almost seems as if they are hiding from us. You saw them, didn't you, that first time, Miss South?"
"Yes, indeed, I recognized them both, but isn't it unusual for them to be down town alone?"
"It's against the rules for Brenda, I know, at least I have heard my aunt say that she did not care to have her go down town without her. I imagine that probably they have some one with them. Brenda is rather careful about disobeying, as a general thing."
"Oh, then it's probably all right," said Miss South, "and we might as well go on."