"Afraid of what?"
"I'm afraid you won't dare to go with me."
"Did you ever do anything I was afraid to do?" said Kate, with a sneer.
"But this is a greater thing than we ever did before. We may be gone a long time, and we are certain to be found out."
"What do you mean?" demanded Kate, apparently appalled by this frank statement of the difficulties of the enterprise.
"I thought it would scare you," laughed Fanny.
"But it don't scare me."
"Yes, it does."
"I will do anything that you dare to do," replied Kate, stung by the flings of her companion.
"You shall have the greatest time that ever was, but you must take the consequences after it is all over."