Both girls, blissfully ignorant of how much it cost to live, considered Doris’s little hoard a miniature fortune.
“When I have so much, it seems a shame not to make a small loan to Iris and Azalea,” Doris said thoughtfully.
“They promised you’d get it all back,” Kitty encouraged. “In the end you’ll come into the Trent inheritance.”
“There’s only one drawback.”
“What’s that?”
“Cousin Ronald is to handle the money.” Doris sighed as one who was burdened with great business responsibilities. “Oh, dear, I wish I liked him better. If I could entirely trust him, I’d offer the money in a minute!”
CHAPTER XVI
A PLEASANT ADVENTURE
The next morning when Doris and Kitty came downstairs for breakfast, they were relieved to see that the Misses Gates were there ahead of them. However, they noticed at once that for the first time since their arrival at the mansion, the two ladies were dressed differently.
“That means they’ve been quarrelling,” Doris told herself.
Iris and Azalea spoke pleasantly to the girls but their faces were wan and strained. They avoided speaking to each other and scarcely glanced at one another. Kitty and Doris, distressed at the situation, were very glad that they had accepted Dave’s invitation to go for a ride in his plane. It would be a relief to get away from the mansion. The place was beginning to get on their nerves.