Besides, I wouldn't be silly enough to get sick." "But Sarah might." "Sarah does as I tell her," said Gypsy, significantly.

"I should take care of her." "But Mrs.Rowe may not be willing Sarah should go, and Mr.Guy Hallam must be asked, Gypsy." "Well, but----," persisted Gypsy; "if Mrs.Rowe and Mr.Hallam and everybody are willing, may I go ?" "Well," said Mrs.Breynton, after a few minutes' thinking, "I guess so; if Tom will take good care of you; and if you will promise to go to Mr.
Fisher's the rainy nights--I mean if it rains hard." "Oh, mother, mother Breynton! There never was such a dear little woman in this world!" "Why, my _dear_!" said Mr.Breynton, when he heard of it; "how can you let the child do such a thing?
She will fall off the precipice, or walk right into a bear's den, the first thing." "Oh, I'll trust her," answered her mother, smiling; "and then, Mrs.Fisher will be so near, and so ready to take care of her if it is cold or wet; it isn't as if she were going off into a wild place; of course, then, I shouldn't let her go without some grown woman with them." "Well, my dear, I suppose you know best.

I believe I agreed to let you do as you pleased with your girl, seeing she's the only one." Mrs.Rowe was willing if Mrs.Breynton were willing; Mr.Guy Hallam had no objections.

Sarah was delighted, Gypsy radiant, Tom patronizing, and Winnie envious, and so, amid a pleasant little bustle, the preparations began, and one sunny morning the party stowed themselves and their baggage comfortably away in Mr.Surly's double-seated wagon (much to the horror of his excellent wife, who looked out of the window, and wondered if Miss Rowe did expect that wild young un of hers to come home alive), and trotted briskly out of Yorkbury, along the steep, uneven road that led to the mountain.
Ripton was a long ride from Yorkbury, and the wagon was somewhat crowded, owing to the presence of Mr.Surly, who was by no means a thin man, and who acted as driver.

He was to return with his "team," as the Vermont farmers invariably call their vehicles, and when the party were ready to come home Mr.Fisher was to be hired to bring them down.