“Dry up, Small,” commanded Lanny. “Now, then, what’s the first thing, Nan?”
“Choose a name. I’ve thought of several that might do. What do you think of ‘The League of Emancipators’?”
“Um,” said Bert. “But I think something shorter would be better.”
“Well, then, there’s ‘The Secret Four.’”
“What’s the matter with ‘The Four’?” asked Small.
“‘The Junior Four’ sounds pretty well,” Bert suggested. And the rest agreed that it did, Nan concurring and nobly striving to hide her disappointment over the fact that her names had been rejected.
“‘The Junior Four’ it is, then,” said Lanny briskly, breathing on his fingers to warm them. “Now what?”
“A password,” said Nan. “I couldn’t think of anything very—very striking.”
“Justice!” suggested Lanny.