“Yes,” he answered, “and these are dandies; aren’t they, Ned?”
“Great,” Ned agreed with gusto. “I don’t believe we ever knew about these.”
There was a moment of deep silence. Then Molly threw back her head with a peal of laughter and the boys, looking silly and sheepish, finally joined in. So far the incident of the midnight adventure in the orchard had not been mentioned between them. But now Spud said:
“That was a great joke you played on us that night, Molly.”
[Presently they were all seated]
“Were you awfully angry when Cal told you?” she asked.
“No. Only Sandy. He was sort of peeved.”