[Miss Billy's Decision by Eleanor H. Porter]@TWC D-Link bookMiss Billy's Decision CHAPTER VI 16/21
But good-by.
I must go.
_Remember those curling tongs!_" And the receiver clicked sharply against the hook. In the automobile some minutes later, Billy and Mr.M.J.Arkwright were speeding toward Corey Hill.
It was during a slight pause in the conversation that Billy turned to her companion with a demure: "I telephoned Aunt Hannah, Mr.Arkwright.I thought she ought to be--warned." "You are very kind.
What did she say ?--if I may ask." There was a brief moment of hesitation before Billy answered. "She said you called yourself 'Mary Jane,' and that you hadn't any business to be a big man with a brown beard." Arkwright laughed. "I'm afraid I owe Aunt Hannah an apology," he said.
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