may not do anything at all. He may have been joking. Perhaps he just
wanted to frighten you."

"Oh, I really do think that must have been it, Bessie. Don't you
remember that he was different from the others! He spoke just as well as
we do, as if he'd been to school, and he must know more about our
customs."

Bessie shook her head.

"That doesn't mean that he isn't just as wild and untamed as the others
down at bottom, Dolly. I've heard the same thing about Indians; that
some of those who make the most trouble are the very ones who've been to
Carlisle. It isn't because they're educated, because they would have
been wild and wicked anyhow, but the very fact that they are educated
seems to make them more dangerous. I hope it isn't the same with this
gypsy; but we've got to be careful."

"Oh, I'll be careful, Bessie," said Dolly, with a shudder. "I'll do
whatever I'm told. You needn't worry about that."

"That's good, Dolly. The first thing, of course, is never to get far
away from the camp alone. We mustn't come over this way at all, or go
anywhere near Loon Pond as long as those gypsies are still there."

"Oh, Bessie, do you think we'll have to tell Miss Eleanor about this?"

"I'm afraid so, Dolly. But there's no reason why you should mind doing
that. She won't blame you, it really wasn't your fault."