The attendant smiled to set him at ease. “Don’t mind,” she said quietly. “Adelle is very easily upset. I’ll explain to you later.”
CHAPTER
9
JERRY’S PARTY
Both Penny and Jerry regretted the incident, feeling that they had been at fault because they had driven into the play area at such high speed.
“Maybe I can send the kid a box of candy or make it up to her in some way,” the reporter remarked.
Roving about the yard, he and Penny talked to many of the orphans. Nearly all of the children answered questions self-consciously and had little to say.
“We’ll not get much of a story here,” Jerry commented in an undertone. “These youngsters are as much alike as if they had been cut from one pattern.”
“Adelle was different,” Penny returned with a smile. “Almost too much so.”
In a short while, Miss Anderson, the young woman who had taken the child away, returned to the play yard. Penny and Jerry immediately inquired about the little girl.
“Oh, she is quite herself again,” the young woman responded. “The upset was only a temporary one.”
“Is Adelle easily frightened?” Penny inquired curiously.