I said, “You’re as real as real estate. All you have to do is say what you want.”
She said, “Will you let me climb down that rope and go with you, and finish the bee-line hike with you?”
“G-o-o-d night!” I said.
CHAPTER XXXII
BEE-LINES AND THINGS
Gee whiz, I didn’t know what to say. I didn’t want to tell her that I was afraid she couldn’t do it. But we had just seen one narrow escape and I didn’t want her to take any chances.
I said, “If you think we’re mean, we’ll say yes, you can go with us. Because we owe you a lot, that’s sure. I’d rather give up the whole thing than be mean about it. And I think you’re just as good at doing things as we are. But we wouldn’t do this ourselves if we weren’t already in for it. Our clothes are all torn already from going over roofs and climbing on those ferris-wheel cars, and you’ll only get your dress all torn and what’s the use?”