“Is it time?”
She nodded. He fell in step beside her.
“Ye haven’t missed Percy?”
“I wonder what Percy’s mother wanted with him,” she evaded.
“So does Percy’s mother,” he retorted.
She looked up at him.
“You didn’t——?”
“I did, Cricket; I jumped a longer jump than you did,” he boasted.
“Why, you old grasshopper!” she exploded.