"Don't know what she said, but, Milly Leavitt, sure's I'm alive I saw a tear in Sabriny Leavitt's eye! I guess we keep this baby."
CHAPTER XXII
REAL LEAVITTS AND OTHERS
The storm overtook Peter and Nancy on a lonely road that Peter had taken as a short-cut home.
At a sharp flash of lightning Nancy clutched Peter's arm.
"Pe-ter! Oh-h! It's silly for me to be afraid! It's only when it crackles!"
"I thought we could make Freedom before it broke. But I guess not. Here comes the rain!"
It came, in a blinding deluge.
"Sit close to me, Nancy. We must get to a house somewhere along this road!"