“We can,” Dorothy reassured him.
“Good work!”
“It makes small cakes of ice too, so we can always have plenty for the Club lemonades.”
“I don’t know but I think that’s more useful than the heating arrangements,” approved plump little Della.
“That’s because you’re fat,” responded Tom with brotherly frankness. “You think you suffer most in summer, but if you didn’t have any heat in winter you’d change your cry.”
“I suppose I should, but I do nearly melt in warm weather,” sighed Della.
“We don’t mean to if we can help it,” laughed Dorothy. “This is the air-washing arrangement over here,” went on Dorothy, as she continued her round of the cellar.
“Air-washing!” was the general chorus.
“As long as we have a little motor we’re going to make it useful. There’s a small fan here that brings in the fresh air. It goes into a ‘spray chamber’ and is washed free of dust with water that is cold in summer and warm in winter.”
“I see clearly that the temperature of this castle is going to be just right,” exclaimed Roger.