"He might think we came just out of curiosity."
"I don't think he would," said Mollie. "You know he invited us to come
back some time when we could stay long enough for him to tell us
something about those bugs and butterflies and things he sticks pins
into
"That's the idea!" exclaimed Betty quickly. "We won't have to tell him
we know anything about his trouble. If he tells us-- why, all right,
but if he doesn't, of course we won't try to force a confidence.
Anyway," she finished soberly, "we'll have the satisfaction of knowing
we have done our best for him whether it really helps him any or not."
"And we owe him a very great deal," spoke up Amy softly. "He really
saved our lives, you know."
So it was settled, and while the other three girls ran home to put on
coats and hats and get ready for the drive, Mollie ran around to the
garage and brought her big car to the front of the house.
She waved good-bye to her mother, who was trying rather wildly to keep
Dodo and Paul from running under the wheels of the car and getting
killed, and purred off down the street in the direction of Betty's
house.
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