“Yes, we could,” her mother said. “Is that all the police found out?” she inquired of her husband.
“That is all,” he said. “They are going to try, however, to find the strange old lady and ask her why she deserted the baby. But we’ll have to wait.”
“And you children will have to go to school!” exclaimed Mrs. Bobbsey, glancing at the clock.
“But you’ll keep Baby May Washington until we come home, won’t you, Mother?” pleaded Nan.
“Please do!” begged Flossie.
“I’ll see,” murmured Mrs. Bobbsey, as the twins hurried on to school, and Freddie said to Bert:
“I’d like her better if she was a boy baby.”
CHAPTER V
NAN WHISPERS IN SCHOOL
“Well, Richard, what do you think of the latest member of the family?” asked Mrs. Bobbsey.
“She’s a dear, sweet little thing, but—”