"We'd rather stay here," says Peggy decided.
I catches a humorous twinkle in Vee's gray eyes as she holds out her hands to the girls. "Listen," says she confidential. "You know those hermit cookies you're so fond of? Well, Cook made a whole jarful yesterday. They're in the pantry."
"I know," says Jane. "We found 'em last night."
"The Glue Sisters!" says I. "Now see here, Kids, I've just thought of a message I ought to give to Miss Vee."
"Who from?" demands Peggy.
"From a young chap I know who thinks a lot of her," says I. "It's strictly private too."
"What's it about?" says Jane.
Which was when my tactics gave out. "Say, you two human question marks," says I, "beat it, won't you?"
No, they just wouldn't. The best they would do for me was to back off to the other side of the room, eyes and ears wide open, and there they stood.
"Go on!" whispers Vee. "What was it he wanted to say?"