CHAPTER X
THE LAST STRAW
ACK Welles' cheerful whistle sounded outside.
"Coming!" answered Rosemary.
She flung her arms about Aunt Trudy and gave her a penitent hug.
"I'm sorry I was cross, Auntie," she whispered. "You know I didn't mean it."
Then she sped out the front door and joined Jack who was waiting on the walk outside the hedge.
"Come on uptown and have a soda," he suggested. "Perhaps it will cool you off—you look slightly wild."
"I feel wild," admitted Rosemary, falling into step beside him. "This has been the most dreadful day!"