“You do what your sister tells you more than the others,” said Arthur, “don’t you?”
“Oh, we all do sometimes,” said Minnie. After a little while she spoke again:
“I don’t think Maude would mind. Perhaps she forgot, and I can tell her about it afterwards. I’ll tell you what we will do; we will go up to Edgar’s door, and then I can go in, and you can stay outside while I see whether he is asleep, and whether I can tell him that you are here. I don’t think Maude will mind. Shall we?”
“Yes,” said Arthur. “I don’t see why she should, because I came on purpose to see Edgar.”
As soon as the other children saw Minnie and Arthur going away, there was a general cry, “Minnie, where are you going?”
“Never mind,” said Minnie resolutely.
“We wanted to have ‘post’. There won’t be enough without you. Come now, stop,” said Harold, putting his hand on the door handle.
“Oh, Harold, do let us go!” said Minnie pitifully.
“Well, tell us where you are going then?” Minnie saw that this was the only chance.
“We are going to Edgar’s room, I shall be back soon, Harold.”