ng separated from you. If there is time before Mrs.
Phillips arrives why not attempt another sketch of Lucy? We thought
the first sketch you made of her wonderful, even if you were not
pleased."

In the last few days Tory had quietly been following Memory Frean's
advice and allowing the other Girl Scouts to share in the care of
Kara. As a consequence they did seem to feel more pleasure in being
together. But then for more than one reason Kara was in a better state
of mind.

CHAPTER XV

THE CHOICE

At four o'clock in the afternoon Mr. Fenton sent a large motor car to
the Girl Scout camp to bear Kara, Miss Mason, Lucy Martin and any
other girls who chose to ride to the place under discussion as the
site to be chosen for the Greek pageant.

The spot lay midway between the two camps.

Earlier in the afternoon Miss Frean had started off with the girls who
preferred the hike.

Walking steadily without pausing for rest, before the others they
arrived at the proposed place.

When the signal was given to halt, Tory Drew dropped down on the
ground and in the fashion supposed to be best for meditation sat
looking about her.

Several of the other girls followed her example, while Miss Frean
remained standing with three or four companions. They preferred to
command a wider view of their surroundings.

They had reached the source of the stream of water which ended in the
small lake before the camp in Beechwood Forest.

Here the water was fairly deep but the stream of no great width. On
one side was a small clearing with a grove of trees not far away.
Where the Girl Scouts stood at present the open space was larger. A
dozen yards away a country road connected with the state road that ran
through the village of Westhaven.

Beyond were a rim of blue hills.

"I would not be surprised if we conclude this is the proper location,"
Miss Frean said reflectively. "There is the disadvantage of being so
far from Westhaven. We shall have to transport the scenery and
costumes out here and make arrangements for the audience to be seated.
Yet the place itself is rarely lovely."

Tory looked at her beseechingly.

"The place is ideal. Please don't say a word against it. Uncle Richard
insists that the early Greeks possessed a greater love of the
beautiful than we possess. Yet surely this spot would have pleased
them!

"Our tableaux can be shown on the other side of the water. The
audience can be seated on this side. The