Dotty was not to be so easily baffled.
"I don't know myself, Lina Rosenberg, but if you're so mean as not to tell, I can ask somebody else that will tell—don't you see?"
This was a difficulty which Lina had not provided for. She was very sorry
Dotty had come out "to breathe."
Very soon they overtook a lady, who pointed out the right street to
Dotty; and it was in an opposite direction from the one she was taking.
"Now I've found out, Miss Rosenberg, and you can't help yourself."
"Well, I shall go with you, Dotty, just the same. I shall go right up to your house, and tell your mother you've run away again"
It was very disagreeable to Miss Dimple to be pursued in this way; but she put on an air of defiance.
"I shouldn't think you'd want to go where you wasn't wanted, Miss
Rosenberg."
Lina had never intended to do such a thing; she had not courage enough.
"O, dear! what shall I do to make you go back with me? My mother'll scold me awfully for letting you get away."