15/15 She wouldn't wait for Huckleberry to be brought back to her, because she would never hear the last of it. She didn't mind the heat the least bit, and she would walk. She gathered up her riding-skirt, and went slowly down the steps. She waited until Evadna was crunching cinders under her feet before she spoke another word, and then she only called out a flippant, "Adios, senorita!" Evadna knew no Spanish at all. She lifted her shoulders in what might be disdain, and made no reply whatever. |