"Haven't you been run over, then?"
"Not that I know of, and I guess it couldn't be done without my knowing it."
"I am so glad, so relieved!" sighed Mrs. Mordaunt. "I don't know how I got here, I was so agitated."
"When did Mike Rafferty tell you this cock-and-bull story, mother?" asked Dan.
"Only a few minutes ago. He said you had been taken into a drug store, and wanted me to come right over."
"It's a mean trick he played on you, mother," said Dan, indignantly. "I don't see what made him do it."
"Nor I," said Mrs. Mordaunt. "He must have meant it as a joke."
"A pretty poor joke. I'll get even with him for that."
"I don't mind it now, Dan, since I have you safe. I am ready to forgive him. He didn't know how much he was distressing me."
"Then he ought to have known. You may forgive him if you want to; I sha'n't."