“Oh, Jack, you must!”
“But if we can’t–we can’t. If we can find a short cut we’ll take it. Otherwise we’ll stay here all night and come on early in the morning.”
“Well, that will have to do then,” said Cora, with a sigh. “Oh, but we have been so worried. Who was that girl, Jack?”
“I don’t know.”
“You don’t know?”
“No.”
“Does Ed?”
“The idea! And you gave her a ride?”
“Why not? We met her on the road–she was all alone–it was dark. What else could we do?”