Over the Blue Mountains
“Elmer Lawson said in a tone of studied casualness. “Come on, Ormathon. I suppose you and I join the volunteers at this point.”“Of course.”“Oh, must you go?” That was Verity, and the sharp note of fear and protest had something in it that Juliet had never heard in her voice before—deep and painful concern for someone other than herself.She loves Max, thought Juliet, in a moment of blinding revelation. She really loves him. And an indescribable depression, which had nothing to do with the fire, s...ettled on her.“I’m coming, too!” Andrew announced, with a touch of blitheness in adventure that revealed him for the schoolboy he really still was.“No!” Aunt Katherine exclaimed sharply.And Max said more quietly, but with authority, “No, Andrew. You are needed here.”“Why me?” grumbled Andrew. “Why not one of you chaps?”“Yes,” Verity agreed eagerly. “Why not—one of you?”“Because Elmer and I shall be more use actually at the fire. There’s no need to anticipate any immediate danger here, but your father and Andrew together can handle any possible threat that might develop.”Max took command quite naturally and, in spite of a few grumbles and protests, no one seriously questioned his decisions.Just before he and Elmer left the house he took Juliet aside.“Now, remember—you are all under your uncle’s orders.MoreLess
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