"Well, don't just stand there wringing your hands," Toffee said. "Let's go out and warn them. We'll have to hide this Mario character until they've cooled down and gone away."
"I suppose so," Marc said. He turned and, with Toffee's guidance, started up the steps. "At least we know where to look. Maybe we can beat them to it."
They hurried up the stairs and out the back door. Marc turned briefly back to Busby.
"You stay here," he said. "If Mrs. Pillsworth and Mario return warn them to stay out of sight."
"Yes, sir," Busby said. "And I think I'll stay out of sight myself."
Marc and Toffee started out.
"They're probably down along the stream somewhere," Marc said. "Let's hurry."
It was when they had reached the end of the lawns and were starting into the brush that Marc stumbled and lost his glasses. After looking about them then, hurriedly, he gave them up.
"I'll just have to do without them," he said.
"This is hardly the time to indulge your Puritan sensitivities," Toffee agreed. "Come on!"