Now what do you think of it?"
"It is perfectly splendid," cried Margery. "Won't that be great, girls?
But," she added, her face sobering, "I do not think my father and mother
would permit me to go."
"I am quite sure that mine would not," agreed Hazel solemnly.
"I gueth Mith Elting hath theen to that," spoke up Tommy, her eyes
narrowing.
"You have made a close guess, Grace. They have agreed, all except in your
case. Your mother wishes to talk the matter over with you and your father
before making a final decision."
"Then it ith all right," nodded Tommy confidently. "I'll make them let me
go anyway and--ith Harriet going?"
"Yes. I hope so."
"Doeth thhe know about it!"
"I have not spoken to Harriet about it. I had hoped to do so out here
to-day. That is why I proposed just now that we return to the village. We
shall have a chance to talk it over on the way back, when I will tell you
more about the proposed vacation."
"You thay my folkth know about it, Mith Elting?"
"Yes, dear."
"What did they thay?"
"That they thought you had better go to Narragansett with them, but that
if you insisted, they supposed you would have to go to the summer camp
with us," admitted the teacher with a tolerant smile.
Tommy twisted her face into a grimace.
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