“Certainly not. What is your request, Connie?”
“While we’re here, may the Brownies search for the missing locket?”
“Here in the kitchen?”
“Yes, and everywhere in the house.”
Now the request had taken Grandmother Gordon quite by surprise. She could visualize the Brownies scurrying through the house, opening bureau drawers and peeping into every nook and cranny of the old dwelling.
“We’ll be very careful,” promised Connie eagerly. “We won’t disturb anything.”
“Then by all means search for the locket,” Grandmother Gordon encouraged the girls. She smiled confidently. “You won’t find the trinket, but you’ll have fun.”
CHAPTER 9
Tale of the Brownies
THE Brownies had no opportunity to search for the golden locket the next day, because directly after breakfast, Grandfather Gordon proposed a trip to the skating pond.