“I give up.”
“She said I could ’phone to Jane and tell her to come right down so that she could tell me how happy she is.”
“And will she?”
“Will she! I should just say so! She is on her way now and will be here in an hour.”
“Oh!” said Martha Mary; “I didn’t know that so many wonderful things could happen in one day. Now I want to call the children.”
Flip blew the horn and across the lawn came all of the queen’s court.
“I want to know the secret,” said John.
“Can’t tell,” said Martha Mary. “But it is nice. Someone is coming.”
“Captain Mick,” shouted Walter.
“Not at all. It is a girl-person.”