As she faced Kate for the first game of the second set, Jo and Sadie saw this change in her. Their eyes shone.
"She's caught her stride!" Jo whispered. "Now, Speedy Kate, look out!"
CHAPTER XIX
NAN TRIUMPHS
It was a hard-fought set.
Nan won the first two games, catching Kate off her guard by the fury of her offensive.
In the third Kate rallied and won a game. But when Nan won the next three in succession her adversary began to crumple.
"The sun's in my eyes," she complained.
"I had it during the first set," Nan reminded her; and added, as she returned to her position behind the net: "Pull your eyeshade lower."
Kate glowered and fussed with her shade. But there were already impatient, half-jeering cries of "play ball" from the sidelines, and Kate could delay no longer.