"
"I'm sure I shall," Hilary answered eagerly. "Where are we going?"
"That's telling."
"He won't even tell me," Josie said.
Tom's eyes twinkled. "You're none of you to know until next Thursday.
Say, at four o'clock."
"Oh," Shirley said, "I think it's going to be the nicest club that ever
was."
CHAPTER VI
PERSONALLY CONDUCTED
"Am I late?" Shirley asked, as Pauline came down the steps to meet her
Thursday afternoon.
"No, indeed, it still wants five minutes to four. Will you come in, or
shall we wait out here? Hilary is under bond not to make her
appearance until the last minute."
"Out here, please," Shirley answered, sitting down on the upper step.
"What a delightful old garden this is. Father has at last succeeded in
finding me my nag, horses appear to be at a premium in Winton, and even
if he isn't first cousin to your Bedelia, I'm coming to take you and
Hilary to drive some afternoon. Father got me a surrey, because,
later, we're expecting some of the boys up, and we'll need a two-seated
rig."
"We're coming to take you driving, too," Pauline said. "Just at
present, it doesn't seem as if the summer would be long enough for all
the things we mean to do in it.
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