It was time for candles when they ceased singing—and there is not much more to tell. All the happy, tired children soon were stowed away for the night—no one but Sarah could have arranged such a mosaic of small cots.
Gay and May were not far apart, but they were too sleepy to congratulate themselves upon the pleasant termination of their "lark." They wandered awhile on the borders of dreamland, then the great curtain of sleep fell upon them and upon all the house party. We will leave them to their peaceful repose, nor wait to greet them when the sun shall ring up the curtain on another day.
Transcriber's Note
Minor punctuation and printer errors repaired.
Two instances where "May" has been written where "Gay" is intended:
p118 "Come, quick, May's set the barn on fire!" replaced with
"Come, quick, Gay's set the barn on fire!"
p120 "May, why don't you answer me?" replaced with
"Gay, why don't you answer me?"