Leander glanced at his sister, and cried out, "What you lookin' at me so for?"
"Is there any reason why I shouldn't look at you?" she asked, calmly.
"No; only you needn't eat me."
Carolyn turned her eyes towards the fire and remained silent. A red spot came quickly to each cheek; yet she could hardly have explained why her face should burn. And what was Lee talking about? Why wasn't he in his bed long ago if he wasn't with Prue?
"It's too windy for you to go sailing," said the boy's mother.
"Is it? You bet 'tain't, then. And they'll have a first-class breeze. The Vi'll go, I tell you."
"Who's gone?"
Mrs. Ffolliott put the question with little interest, but she saw that her son wished to talk on the subject, therefore he must be allowed to do so.
"Why, Rodney 'n' Prue. 'N' the joke of it is that Rodney didn't know anybody was aboard, 'n' all the time there was Prue in the cabin; 'n' Devil was there, too. Rod came rushin' down, 'n' I was goin' to get in, too, 'n' he said no, he wanted to go alone. 'N' so I let him; 'n' I bet he'll be frightened out of his boots, when Prue walks out. If she's bright, 'n' she is, she'll come a ghost, or somethin', on him. She could do that splendid. Couldn't she do a ghost splendid, Caro?"
"Yes," said Caro.