“They are all alike on the outside,” said Dr. Helen. “Now run away and play. I have telephoning to do, and mustn’t be bothered.”
They bent over her for kisses and danced away, looking anything but bored.
At half-past three, dressed according to orders, they gathered on the porch, and at a signal opened their little papers.
There was a minute of silence, and then their eyes met, annoyed and yet amused a little.
Hannah spoke first.
“Evidently the rest of you aren’t any more fascinated than I am! I didn’t count on going off all by myself to see a stranger! But we asked for a prescription, and we all promised to follow it, so here goes. Doctors always give disagreeable medicine!”
“Mine isn’t unpleasant, except that I have to do it alone,” said Alice. “Which way does Madam Kittredge live, Catherine?”
227“Two doors beyond Dot’s, where we were yesterday. You can’t miss it. I wish I could go with you, but let’s hurry up and get back. Do you know the way to yours, Frieda?”
“It tells the way plainly enough,” said Frieda, grumbling a little. “But I think I wish I were a scientific Christian, like the ones you told me about!”
The others laughed sympathetically.