Kit grabbed his hands, and he pulled her into his arms and hugged her. “Hi, Kit,” he said.
“Oh, Frank, it’s so good to see you,” she cried. And breathlessly she introduced him to the young people around her.
He smiled into their young, eager faces, and finally drew Kit over to one side. “Let me look at you,” he said. “My, but it’s been a long time!”
“Too long,” Kit said. “I certainly have missed you.”
“Where are you staying? How much of your time do I get to monopolize? How long will you be here?”
Kit laughed to silence his questions. “One at a time,” she gasped. “We’re all staying at the Willard. Two professors and their wives are acting as our chaperons. I don’t know my schedule yet, but there will be just two hours in the morning and two in the afternoon for sessions. Then I should be free for the rest of the time.”
Frank reached for her bag and laughed. “Then I can get some work done while you’re in town.”
Kit caught his arm. “Why don’t you come back to Elmhurst with me?” she asked.
Frank nodded thoughtfully. “It might be arranged. Now let’s get you to the hotel and checked in. Then dinner, and then whatever you want to do in our nation’s capital.”
Kit nodded. “Of course we have to observe regular hours, Frank,” she said. “I’ll have to check out just as at school if I go anywhere. But first I want to call Mother.”