"I have to be very prim when I'm with you," and Patty glanced
saucily from beneath her long lashes; "you're so inclined to--"

"To what?"

"To friskiness. I NEVER know what you're going to do next."

"Isn't it nicer to be surprised?"

"Well,--that depends. It is if they're nice surprises."

"Oh, mine always are! I'm going to surprise you a lot of times
this summer. Are you to be here, at Mona's, all the rest of the
season?"

"I shall be here two months, anyway."

"That's time enough for a heap of surprises. Just you wait! But,--
I say,--I suppose--oh, pshaw, I know this sounds horrid, but I've
got to say it. I suppose everything you're invited to, Mona must
be also?"

Patty's eyes blazed at what she considered a very rude
implication.

"Not necessarily," she said, coldly. "You are quite at liberty to
invite whom you choose. Of course, I shall accept no invitations
that do not include Mona."