“Then we’ll say, au revoir,” said Mr. Pierce.
“Say au revoir, but not good-by,” caroled Griff in a lyric tenor.
“Be quiet! Other folks in this house are probably asleep,” ordered Jim; and he and John Pierce pushed Griff rapidly along the hall in the direction of the elevator.
“It was a lovely, party,” sighed Nancy, as they prepared the rooms for the night; “and it was most awfully nice of you, Miss Ashton, to have it.”
“I was indeed glad to be able to,” replied their hostess; “and I think I enjoyed it almost, if not quite, as well as you young folks.”
CHAPTER XVI
A STRANGE ENCOUNTER
The next morning was a confusion of breakfast, packing, and hurrying off to the station.
“I can never tell you, Miss Ashton,” said Nancy before they left the apartment, “how very much I have enjoyed the trip, and how much I appreciate all you have done to make things pleasant for us.”
“And how glad we are that you asked us to go in the first place,” added Jeanette. “I too certainly had a wonderful time.”