Miss Gordon, who had been discussing one of the quilts with a visitor, now hastened forward.
She was too late, though, to speak to the Mexicans. The car had pulled away.
“Oh, I’m so sorry,” Miss Gordon murmured. “Not for anything in the world would I have hurt their feelings.”
“They had no business being here,” Mr. Wingate said. “They knew it too.”
“But I invited them,” Veve told him. “Juan is my friend.”
“The Mexicans can’t be allowed to attend social affairs. They’re making enough trouble as it is.”
Miss Gordon disagreed with the orchard owner. However, it was too late to recall the Mexican children. So she decided to say no more about the matter just then.
The festival continued. Everyone had a good time, but the Brownies could not forget how Juan and his friends had been sent away. The thought of it made them feel rather unhappy.
Everyone brightened though when Miss Gordon announced that the festival queen had been elected.