"Would we!" they cried together, and again Miss Talley smiled at their enthusiasm.
CHAPTER XVIII
THE TENNIS MATCH
On their way to the Hall to wash and rest after their rather strenuous exercise on the lake, Jo and Sadie encountered Nan, racket in hand, just leaving the courts.
Nan's face was flushed and she was smiling with some secret enjoyment.
"Girls, I'm glad you came back," she greeted them eagerly. "I've the funniest thing to tell you."
She waited to divulge "the funniest thing," however, until they had reached the privacy of their own room. Then Nan threw her racket on the bed and pirouetted gleefully about the room.
"What do you suppose Kate Speed has done now?" she cried, stopping before her astonished chums.
"Anything for the K. of D. to get excited about?" asked Jo, eyebrows raised.
"Not yet," chuckled Nan. "She's challenged me to a tennis match, to find out who's the better man—I should say, girl."