"Come at once!" he said. "I want to get out of this howling mob as soon as possible. We can talk later."
He took her hand, not ungently, and presently they found themselves on the other side of the fence surrounding the field. Anne had not meant to go, but she knew her father was quite capable of making a scene and she felt she couldn't endure it just then. Once outside, she thought she might escape. Never once, however, did he release her hand until he had her safe in one of the town hacks and they had started down the road.
When Grace and her friends finally recovered from their wild joy and excitement there was no Anne to be found.
"Perhaps she stayed in her seat," exclaimed Grace, but the place was quite empty.
David and Jessica looked about them uneasily.
"What chumps we were!" said the young man presently. "We never bothered to look after her, and now probably that old parent of hers has actually gone and kidnapped the poor child."
They searched through the crowds everywhere, but Anne was nowhere about.
At last David and Jessica confessed their suspicions to Grace.
"Oh, oh!" cried Grace, "I feel as if we were personally responsible for her! What shall we do?"
David thought a minute.