“If I get an extra cot for the shack, Miss Van Arsdale,” he asked, “could you get your things and come over here to stay?”
“Certainly.”
“I won’t be treated like a child!” cried the derelict in exactly the tone of one, and a very naughty one. “I won’t! I won’t!” She stamped.
Banneker laughed.
“You’re a coward,” said Io.
Miss Van Arsdale laughed.
“I’ll go to the hotel in the town and stay there.”
“Think twice before you do that,” advised the woman.
“Why?” asked Io, struck by the tone.
“Crawly things,” replied Miss Van Arsdale sententiously.