Bonnie May was horrified, crushed. She sat, pale and appalled, her eyes fixed on the doorway through which Mrs. Baron had vanished.
Then she brought her hands together sharply and uttered a single word:
“Hoo-ray!”
Every member of the family was electrified.
“Father!” expostulated Flora.
“Victor!” exclaimed the elder Baron.
And Baron, shaking his head sadly, murmured:
“Bonnie May! Bonnie May!”
CHAPTER X
THE WHITE ELEPHANT
Mrs. Baron “took to her room,” as the saying is. For an hour or more she might have been, to all intents and purposes, in some far country.