XV—FROM SUDBURY TO WYCOMBE
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Allie knocked on the Goslings’ door at sunrise the next morning, and Blanche, who had come to bed two hours after her mother and sister, was the only one to respond. She woke with the feeling that she had something important to do, and that the affair was in some way pleasant and inspiring.
Millie was not easily roused. She had slept heavily, and did not approve the suggestion that she should get up and dress herself.
“All right, B., all right!” she mumbled, and cuddled down under the bedclothes like a dormouse into its straw.
“Oh! do get up!” urged Blanche, impatiently, and at last resorted to physical force.
“What is the matter?” snapped Millie, struggling to maintain her hold of the blankets. “Why can’t you leave me alone?”
“Because it’s time to get up, lazy!” said Blanche, continuing the struggle.