"Don't you mind, Gretchen dear," she said. "When the war is over we'll come again. I'm sorry about the Maid of the Mist," she apologized to the girls, "but of course we can't go without Gretchen."
It was a rather thoughtful group that returned to Buffalo, for the little experience with Gretchen had made them all feel that the war they were hearing so much about was nearer than they had realized.
"Somehow it has seemed as far away as the moon," said Ethel Brown. "But now I feel as if it might jump out at us any minute."
"It won't," Lieutenant Jackson reassured her; "but Gretchen's experience gives us something to think about from many points of view."
Sunday passed happily and on Monday Mrs. Jackson and Katharine took their guests to the station and started them toward Mayville, where Roger met them.
"It has been a wonderful visit," said Ethel Blue to her aunt. "Mrs. Jackson told me a great deal about my mother. She must have been lovely."
"She was a very dear woman," replied Mrs. Morton, kissing her niece.
"The only uncomfortable thing was about Gretchen," Ethel went on. "I wish that man hadn't frightened her."