"Is your hat tied on?
Keep close to me, and don't be afraid of the crowd." Dotty was not in the least afraid.

She was not like Prudy, who, on the same journey, had clung tremblingly to her father at every change of cars.

In Dotty's case there was more danger of her being reckless than too timid.
They went to a hotel.

Mr.Parlin's business would detain him an hour or two, he said; after that he would take his little daughter to walk on the Common; and next morning, bright and early, they would proceed on their journey.
It was the first time Dotty had ever dined at a public house.

A bill of fare was something entirely new to her.