"And did you go down all those streets again?" asked Shirley.
"No, I was tired of that. I'd been on all of them, I guess. Then I remembered the train at the station, and I walked there."
"Oh Joy! All that long way? You could have taken a taxi there," said
Enid.
"No, I couldn't! I didn't have any money and I wasn't going to be laughed at any more. I couldn't be sure that Sam was there to pay for me."
"Well, it's over now, and we'd better go sight-seeing. We've wasted half the morning," exclaimed Bet sharply.
"I don't want to go sight-seeing!" said Joy decidedly.
"Don't be a spoil-sport, Joy. We're not angry at you or anything. But we do want to see Washington." Bet's voice was raised to a point where angry words were apt to come. At a signal from Kit, she quieted down however.
Kit turned to Joy. "You wouldn't want to leave this city without seeing everything—the Congressional Library and the Capitol……"
"Please don't take me to the Capitol! I think I'll scream if I ever lay eyes on that dome again! I've seen it a million times to-day, and that's plenty."
"All right, you can sit in the car while we take a look at it," laughed
Shirley, patting the still half frightened girl.