"That's one reason I want to go to her house," replied Anne. "If we approach her at school she is liable to turn on us and make a scene, or else walk off with her nose in the air. If we can catch her at home perhaps she will be more amenable to reason. But, if, to-morrow, she refuses to melt and be forgiven, then I wash my hands of her forever."
[CHAPTER XXII]
A RESCUE AND A REFORM
It was with considerable trepidation that Anne and Grace approached the Nesbit gate the following afternoon.
"I feel my knees beginning to wobble," Grace observed, as they rang the bell. "This business of being a reformer has its drawbacks. How had we better begin?"
"I don't know, the inspiration to say the right thing will probably come, when we see her," said Anne.
"If she behaves in her usual manner, I shall have a strong inspiration, to give her a good shaking," said Grace bluntly.
To their relief, the maid who answered the bell informed them that Miriam had gone out for a walk.
"Do you know which way she went?" Grace asked.