"I suppose I had better; can't we go into the town, though? I don't care a bit for caves nor skeletons. I shall probably dream of the skeletons to-night."
"Minority must yield to majority," said Kate, with a laughing glance at Matilda.
Matilda colored.
"You shall pay for this, my beauty," she said, under her breath. "All right," she remarked, in a gentle tone, aloud. "I had better go and get ready then."
She slipped out of the room as she spoke.
"How mild and good she is getting!" said Kate, with a laugh.
"Too good," interrupted Cecil. "When that sort of girl turns good, one has to look out for storms."
"You'd better set me on her," said Jimmy.
"For shame!" cried Molly. "I think it is mean to doubt anyone when they are trying to behave properly. Matilda has certainly not been nearly so troublesome as we expected; for my part, I don't mind her being here a bit."
"Do just see if Molly's wings are sprouting, Jimmy," cried Kate.