"Yes, he's been laid up with a broken leg; is just able to hobble round; that's the reason we haven't seen him and Mark together for so long. They are hobnobbing with the Stony Road gang to-day."
"The gang? Why, are they all here?"
"Five or six, I should say. Mr. Dawson seemed to know them and sent Jed to show them round."
"That explains where Uncle Fred's invitations went."
"I shouldn't wonder if he knows all about the Torchlights, too!"
"Neither should I, Laura."
"The Torchlights?" cried Vera; "Who are they?"
"'A sort of club,'" said Laura, shutting her lips together in an imitation of Mark.