"I have not told yet."
"Then, you mean to tell?"
"Yes, I mean to tell."
"You are certain?"
"Yes, I am; I do mean to tell."
"When?"
"Before you go out at midnight and disgrace us all. I shall certainly tell."
"Then you won't, so there!" said Susan.
She suddenly pushed Star forward. There was a step, down which the little girl tumbled. Before she could recover herself she was firmly locked into the tool-house, and Susan and Maud were running back to the house.
"It was awfully mean of you," began Maud. "I didn't think, bad as you are, that you'd do it."