"Do you reckon," she asked the three partners, "that Dad knows he fooled me when he told me to jump? If I'd known he c'udn't git clear I'd have stuck—same as he would if I was caught. Do you reckon he knows that—now?"
"I'd be surprised if he didn't," said Sandy gravely. "You did what he wanted, anyway."
She shook her head.
"If I'd been on the outside, he w'udn't have jumped, no matter how much I begged him. I didn't think of the brake. Don't seem quite square, somehow, way I acted. Good night. What time do you-all git up?"
"With the sun, soon's the big bell rings," said Sandy. "Good night."
She looked at them gravely and went out.
"Botherin' about playin' square in jumpin'," said Sandy. "That gel is square on all twelve eidges. Sam, slide out an' muzzle that bell. She'll likely cry herself to sleep after a bit but she'll need all the sleep she can git. No sense in wakin' her up at sun-up."
"How'd you come to know so much about gels?" asked Mormon.
"Me? I don't know the first thing about 'em," protested Sandy.
"No more'n any man," put in Sam. "'Cept it's Mormon. He's sure had the experience."