What should she do?
She went up to the star chamber, hoping to find Carl and coax him to
go with her, but he was not there. She wanted very much to get that
book for Mr. Armstrong. He wished to make use of it in a lecture he
expected to give on Monday night, so it was important that he should
have it as soon as possible. She knew the way to Uncle William's
perfectly, but she and Bess never went so far by themselves.
"I can go all the way on the cars," she said to herself. "Nothing
could happen to me, and I can't ask Aunt Zelie when she isn't here."
Trying to satisfy her conscience in this way, she found her
pocket-book and started out. It happened that she saw nobody she knew
as she waited on the corner for the car, feeling very independent.
The afternoon was cold and cloudy, and the ride seemed longer than
usual.
"I wish I had asked Dora to come with me," she thought; "I shall have
to hurry to get hack before dark."
"I want to go to the library just a minute, Bruce," she said to the
man who opened the door.
He looked somewhat surprised to see her alone, but made no comment,
only replying, "I am afraid it is rather cold there; we are having the
furnace cleaned to-day."
"I only want to get a book.
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