Where are you going ?" "Library porch," answered Johnny promptly.

"Excuse me, I'm in a hurry." Constance Joy was not on the library porch.

Instead, Johnny found there Polly Parsons and her adopted sister Winnie, Ashley Loring and Sammy Chirp.

This being almost a family party for Johnny, he had no hesitation in asking bluntly for Constance.
"This is her morning for Wobbling," returned Polly disdainfully.

"A while ago she was dodging the perfectly careless compliments of old Tommy and trying not to see that his toupee was on crooked; and now she's down toward the ravine some place, watching young Cecil stumble.
You could make yourself a very solid Johnny by trotting right down there and breaking up the party." "I think I'd rather have a messenger for that," calculated Johnny.