"Well, he'll do!" thought Miss Keren.
"I knew he'd look like that! He never fails one," thought Margery.
And Happie nodded approvingly to Gretta as she signaled her admiration of Robert's appetite for schmier-kase and apple butter.
"We have a long afternoon," said Miss Keren when dinner was over. "All of my guests know the place rather better than their hostess—except Mr. Gaston. What do you propose for your own entertainment?"
"We thought we would go skating, Aunt Keren," said Bob. "We four boys—if Mr. Gaston permits our counting him in—and Margery, Happie,—all the girls, except the kiddies."
"I am going to stay in the house all the afternoon with Aunt Keren," announced Happie.
"I am going to take Polly and Penny coasting; I promised it a week ago," said Gretta.
"Laura and Margery, will you desert us?" asked Bob.
"Let's all go coasting!" cried Ralph. "Let's borrow sleds somewhere and coast. It's more fun than skating—we'll skate in the morning."