“We know,” the girls assured her soothingly.
“She’s a dandy!” exclaimed Jack emphatically.
“You bet she is!” declared Walter.
“She’s as plucky as they make ’em,” said Paul. “I only hope she beats the record.”
“I’d like to be there at Governor’s Island to greet her when she comes down,” said Jack.
“Even if she puts the men in the shade by beating their time?” asked Bess mischievously.
“Even so,” said Jack stoutly.
“Cora’s got the start on all of us now,” laughed Bess. “We’re only motor girls but now she’s an aviator girl.”
“Weren’t you frightened just a tiny bit when you felt yourself going up in the air?” asked Belle.
“Not a bit,” replied Cora. “Possibly I might have been if the circumstances had been different. But I was so delighted to get away from those dreadful woods that nothing else mattered. I think I’d have ridden on a lion’s back, if he’d promised to bring me home.”