“Composed of empty cars,� put in Tibby.
“No, I assure you, heavily freighted.�
“Indeed!� with an exasperating lifting of the brows. “No doubt you were reflecting upon your past misdeeds.�
“I was thinking of you.�
“Then your thoughts were not worth questioning. Your train was surely overloaded. To punish you, I shall bid you adieu, and go to get ready for my ride,� replied Tibby, with a severe tightening of her pretty lips, as she went over to the sink and began to wash the dusting of flour from her arms and hands.
“I suppose you do not intend to invite me to ride with you,� Donald remarked tentatively.
“No, indeed. You might take cold. And besides you prophesied a storm.�
“If you should be caught out in a blizzard I might be of some help to you.�
Tibby turned and faced him, her mischievous, glowing eyes holding his.
“You?� she said.