"
Before replying Esther Clark put several pine logs and a great bundle of
pine cones on the fire around which she and her friends were seated, and
the girls were quiet for a moment watching them sparkle and blaze.
"I expect I know, Nan, at least better than any one else," Esther
answered finally, "for you see this is the first summer of my whole life
that I haven't spent at the asylum scrubbing and cooking and nobody
caring anything about my work except that I got it done. Work this
summer has seemed like play, hasn't it? And I wouldn't be here, except
for The Princess. I wonder if I shall ever be able to repay her?"
"Oh, wonder something else, Esther," Betty returned ungraciously, for
references of this kind always made her uncomfortable. "Here comes
Polly and Mollie and, of course Sylvia. Bee, will you go find Eleanor
and Juliet and let us have tea here by the camp fire. Donna and Edith
will probably be here before we finish. Suppose each one of us places a
stick on the fire and while it burns make a good wish for the Sunrise
Camp. Hello, Polly, yes Sylvia is perfectly right, you must not sit
down on the ground without something under you, yes, and you must let
her put that wrap over your shoulders, the sun will be going down pretty
soon and then it will be quite cool.
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