"Well, I'll pay my dime to see you on the screen every day in the week!" I exclaimed.
"I am really seriously considering the stage for a profession," declared Mary. "I could do vaudeville stunts in between my movie engagements."
"Of course you could!" tweedled the twins.
"I believe you could make a big hit in vaudeville. I never yet have seen or heard of a female ventriloquist on the stage," continued Dum.
"Whatever we are going to do next winter," said Annie, "we are at least going to be together some this summer. Harvie Price has written me that his grandfather, General Price, has told him he can have a house party on his beautiful old plantation at Price's Landing any time this summer that suits him, and he is to have all of us."
"Oh, what fun! Zebedee says Riverlands is one of the show places of Virginia and I know it will be just splendid to visit there," said Dee.
"But speaking of visiting places," I exclaimed, "wouldn't I love to spend this unexpected spring holiday in travel!—not to far away places, you know,—"
"I know," interrupted Dee eagerly, "just short trips—at a moment's notice—anywhere."
"The kind Zebedee takes," added Dum.
Oh, how I wished we might—but I knew we couldn't.