“I should say I did. I thought it would never stop bumping over the stones until it went straight into the brook. But, Tom, honest, you ought to be more careful.”
“Oh, listen who’s talking!”
“Just the same, I never ride over that hill with a clothes basket full of pond lilies and an arm full of papers.”
“But you do ride over there with trees full of blossoms—”
“Oh, well. That was only when we had to get the school decorated—”
“And this was only when I had a big order—”
They laughed, gave in and changed the subject.
“What if your mother finds out?” persisted Gloria.
“She won’t.”
“A lot of folks saw you. They were down waiting for the launch.”