In the darkness we went a little astray from the place
where we had unharnessed the horse; but presently, as we were moving
about in the brushwood, we heard a low voice say:
"Is that you, Ad?"
It was Theodora; and immediately we came upon them all, sitting together
forlornly there in the wagon. They had hitched up Old Sol and were
anxiously waiting for us in order to start for home. The strange
phenomenon seemed to have dazed them; they sat there in the dark as
silent as so many mice.
"Hello, girls!" Addison exclaimed. "Are you all there? Quite dark, isn't
it?"
"Oh, Ad, what do you think this is?" Theodora asked, still in the same
hushed voice.
"Well, I think it is _dark_," replied Addison, trying to appear
unconcerned.
"Don't laugh, Ad," said Theodora solemnly. "Something awful has
happened."
"And where have you two been so long?" asked Catherine. "We thought you
were lost. We thought you would never come. What time is it?"
We struck a match and looked. It was nearly half past four.
"Oh, get in, Ad, and take the reins! Let's go home!" Ellen pleaded.
"Yes, Ad, let's go home, if we can get there," said Tom Edwards.
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