"
Then she turned the Gem around and started for home, conscious that
her chums were gazing at her in speechless amazement.
"Betty!" cried Grace, horrified. "You are never going to let Percy
Falconer come to see you, are you?"
But Betty turned on her irritably. She was tired and nervous and angry
at herself for having anything to do with that conceited dude, Percy
Falconer.
"You heard me say he could come, didn't you?" she said in response to
Grace's incredulous question, Amy's wide-eyed stare, and Mollie's
grin. "And if you are going to ask me why I said so," she added
desperately, "I'm not going to tell you. And if anybody speaks to me
before I get back to the dock, I'll-- wreck 'em, that's all."
The girls exchanged glances and wisely decided to change the subject,
for the present at least. For the time they had plenty to do anyway,
just watching out that somebody else did not run into them!
By the time they reached comparatively clear water they were all tired
and they were glad for once when the Gem scraped against the home dock
and the "cruise" was over.
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