27/45 "A nice pickle I shall be in with these light shoes on! I wish I had put on my strong boots. If it rains much I will go into the old chalet." "Miss Wilson won't let you. It's trespassing." "What matter! Nobody lives in it, and the gate is off its hinges. I only want to stand under the veranda--not to break into the wretched place. There's a drop." Miss Carpenter looked up, and immediately received a heavy raindrop in her eye. |