“Come along, Kate,” said John; “sister Sue and I and the rest are ready. What do you wish?”
“I think I might be consulted,” said Rose sullenly.
“I know your wishes already--you want to go into the fair,” replied Jan, turning to the pouting girl.
“And if she wishes to be out of it,--in the mud, for instance,--are we all to be dragged in with her?” asked Rose.
“Tell me, Kitty, what do you desire?”
“I would like to find my father.”
“Where is he? do you know? We will go through the fair and look for him.”
Kate held back. John came after her and said, “If we cannot find your father at once, where would you like to go?”
Half laughing and half crying, the girl answered, “I should like to be at the bottom of a well; Mr. Bramber says that there one could see the stars, even in broad daylight.”
“By all means, put her there and leave her there; we are well content,” said Rose, who had followed and overheard what was said.