Torrey's?" asked Billy, languidly.

"Oh," the Talentless One said, calmly, "I shall get a substitute, of
course. They let the girls do that, if the substitute suits 'em. There's
a girl that used to be at the handkerchief counter that will be glad
enough to earn a little money, I know. She'll be tickled! And she can
keep the place open for me when I get back from the country in the
fall--" Suddenly the Talentless One laughed out joyously. "Hear me!
'When I get back from the country!' Doesn't that sound splendid! Makes
me think of cows and chickens and strawberries and--"

"Pumps painted blue!" laughed Laura Ann. "We're in for a blue pump,
girls!"

* * * * *

The substitution at the handkerchief counter could not be arranged
for at once, so the proposed voyage of discovery was a little delayed.
Meanwhile the Grand Plan and a newly-born family of lesser plans
occupied the interim of waiting. One thing they all agreed upon.
It was tired little Billy who voiced it.

"We won't be good this summer, will we? I've been good so long that
I want to rest!"

"It would seem comfortable not to have to be, wouldn't it?" Loraine
laughed. As if Loraine could rest from being good! "Not to have to do
anything for anybody--just be good to yourself! Now, I call that the
luxury of selfishness! And really, girls, we deserve one little
luxury--"