“But did she say they were really going there, and would not be back?”
“Anna said if they went there they could not get back.”
“But did she say they were going? Tell me the truth, Eddy Carroll.”
Eddy scraped.
“I see they did not,” said Charlotte, severely.
“Eddy, I don't know what papa will say.”
“I know,” said Eddy, simply, with a curious mixture of ruefulness and defiance. Then he added: “If you want to be mean enough to tell on a feller, after he's been the means of your having such a supper as that (and you were hungry, too; you needn't say you wasn't; you ate an awful lot yourself), you can.”
“I am not going to tell unless I am asked, when I certainly shall not tell a lie,” replied Charlotte; “but papa will find it out himself, I am afraid, Eddy.”
“I shouldn't wonder if he did,” admitted Eddy.
“And then, you know—”