Perry.
"Yes," said that lady, between spasms of laughter. "I didn't want to
do it, but Kit just made me! You see, Babette did have an awful sore
throat, and we did call a nurse, but the doctor said, that while it
might turn toward diphtheria, there was small danger of it. And,
this morning, he said even that danger had passed. Truly, girls, I
didn't consent willingly, but Kit coaxed me into it. Of course, I
telephoned Dick the whole story, and he stayed in town last night,
but he's coming home this afternoon. You're not angry, are you,
Patty?"
"I don't know whether I am or not. I'm a little bewildered as yet.
But I think, in fairness, I shall have to admit it was a most
successful practical joke,--as such jokes go."
"And it fulfilled all your conditions?" asked Cameron, eagerly.
"I'm not sure of that. We agreed that it must be clever and not
unkind. It was certainly clever, but wasn't it a little unkind to
cause trouble to so many people? Mrs. Homer, for instance?"
"No!" exclaimed Kit, hastily. "I telephoned last evening to auntie,
and told her that there was probability that the quarantine would be
lifted to-day. I telephoned the same thing to Mrs. Fairfield, but I
told both ladies not to mention that to you girls, as I didn't want
to raise false hopes.
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