There was the shadow, too, of Dan's departure, and a very deep shadow it was.
"Things will never, never be the same again," said Kitty sagely.
"Dan won't know about all that we do; and when he gets a lot of boy friends he won't care very much." There was also the shadow of their own school and the constant companionship of Anna, and this was a dense shadow indeed.
"It wouldn't be so bad if she was jolly and nice, but it will be like having a spy always with us," said Betty.

"She will tell Aunt Pike everything." "You don't know," said Dan, to tease them.

"Anna may have grown up quite different from what she was, and be as jolly as possible." But the suggestion did not console the girls; to them it only seemed that Dan was already forsaking them, that this was but another step over to the enemy.
"She couldn't be jolly," said Betty firmly.

"She wouldn't know how, and Aunt Pike wouldn't let her if she wanted to.

And even if she seemed so, I shouldn't feel that I could trust her." "Bosh!" said Dan emphatically.