You started the wrong way.

You were headed towards home when you set out behind your bear," laughed Grace.

"What do you say, girls ?" "Yes.

Let's go," nodded Elfreda.

"Nothing much matters after last night, so far as I am concerned." The rest left the decision entirely in Grace Harlowe's hands, and she decided to move as suggested, provided nothing intervened to prevent their doing so.
Bear meat, coffee with real cream and fresh vegetables, procured from the Thompsons, made an unusually appetizing supper that night, and during the meal Washington furnished music to entertain them.