Then she added, quickly: "I'm afraid that expresses my real opinion, but I've no right to say it." "There are two reasons why you shouldn't say it," added Dave, gravely.
"What are they ?" Laura wanted to know.
"First of all---well, pardon me, but it sounds like talking about another behind his back.

The other reason is that Ripley isn't worth talking about, anyway." "Now, what are you doing ?" demanded Belle.
"Oh, well," Dave replied, "Ripley knows my opinion of him pretty well.
But what are you doing this afternoon ?" "We're going shopping," Laura informed the boys as the quartette left the soda fountain.

"Do you care to go around with us and look at the displays in the stores ?" "That's about all shopping means, isn't it ?" smiled Dick.

"Just going around and looking at things ?" "Then if you don't care to come with us-----" pouted Miss Bentley.
"Stop---please do, I beg of you," Dick hastily added.

"Of course we want to go." The two chums put in a very pleasant hour wandering about through the stores with the High School girls.