CHAPTER V
THE COUNCIL FIRE
"I hope it will, Bessie," said Dolly. "But you know what a nasty temper I've got. If she keeps on talking the way she has, I don't know what I'll say."
"Well, you might as well say what you like, Dolly. I believe she wants a good quarrel with someone—and it might as well be you."
"You mean you think she likes me to get angry?"
"Of course she does! There wouldn't be any fun in it for her if you didn't. Can't you see that?"
Dolly looked very thoughtful.
"Then I won't give her the satisfaction of getting angry!" she declared, finally. "Of course you're right, Bessie. If we didn't pay any attention at all to her it wouldn't do her a bit of good to get angry, would it?"
"I wondered how long it would take you to see that, Dolly."