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“Oh, no, it isn’t that. But we need another boy to make this a successful affair.”

“Another boy?” inquired Agnes. “Well, there’s Sammy Pinkney.”

“Don’t be silly! You know what I mean—some one for Nally.”

“I thought Luke was supposed to look after her,” and Agnes pretended to be busily examining a certain pink nail.

“Not any more than Neale is,” retorted Ruth pointedly, to which Agnes added:

“Just let me catch him at it!”

“What I was going to say,” went on Ruth, “is that if we had another young man it would even matters up, and when we went out with Neale in the car——”

“Oh, I see!” interrupted Agnes, with a ringing laugh, “six is a half dozen and five isn’t. If Cecile was coming we’d need two young men. Well, ask some young man for Nally. You have my permission.”

“I have asked somebody,” said Ruth calmly.

“You have? Who?” And Agnes sat up with a jerk, her eyes wide open.

“He’s a friend of Nally’s,” went on Ruth. “He lives near her in the Back Bay section and his name is Hal Dent.”

“Hurray for Hal Dent!” cried Agnes, until Ruth, placing her hand over her sister’s lips, bade her be silent. “But it’s pretty late to be asking visitors,” went on Agnes. “He’ll never get here in time to trot Nally around if you’re only just now writing to him.”