CHAPTER XX
THE STORM
Grace "draped" herself over the nearest cot. Amy followed her example, with the added distinction that she covered her head with the blankets. Betty and Mollie stood clinging to each other.
"Though I don't think they were any braver than we," declared Grace afterward. "They simply couldn't fall down, for Betty wanted to go one way and Grace the other. So they just naturally held each other up."
"I couldn't stand," declared Amy. "My knees shook so."
Aunt Kate was the first to speak after the apparition had passed away, seeming to lose itself in the lake.
"Girls, have you any idea what it was?" she asked.
"The—the" began Amy. "Oh, I can't say it!" she wailed from beneath the covers.
"Don't be silly!" commanded Betty, sharply.
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