"Yes, my dear, what is it?"Olive looked at her steadily."And isn't she nice to-day?"Something, however, she could not tell what, restrained her from doing this. She sank back again in her chair; angry tears rose to her bright eyes, and burning spots appeared in her round cheeks.
By this time the preparations for the Fancy Fair were in active progress. Janet May had obtained her own wish with regard to the Committee, each member of which was allowed to choose a band of workers under herself, to make articles for the coming sale.
Mrs. Freeman breathed a sigh of relief."Lost whom?" answered Janet in her tart voice.
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"Cross-patch!" murmured Violet, turning her back on Janet. "Come, Marion; come, Pauline, we won't tell her any more. We'll tell you, Dolly, of course, but we won't tell Janet. Come, Marion, let's go."
Bridget's face turned very white. She looked wildly toward the door, then at the window.Small girls are easily influenced, and Bridget and her tribe rushed down the avenue, shouting and whooping as they went.
She looked at the merry group on the lawn, and a desire to join them, even though of course she knew she was in no sense one of them, came over her."I'm almost certain, Dolly, that she's to sleep in a room by herself, for I saw the Blue Room being got ready. I peeped in as we were going down to dinner, and I noticed such jolly new furniture—pale blue, and all to match. Oh, what is it, Olive? Now you've pinched my arm."
"Do try not to make such a fool of yourself," repeated Janet, angrily, in her ear.
"It is a covered wagon," said Janet. "I see it quite plainly. There is no carriage at all in view, Mrs. Freeman."