Everybody preferred to walk, and the party set out forthwith. Mr. Wales had already told the girls that the main hotel down on the water-front had filled up unexpectedly, and that in order to give them all rooms near together the manager had offered to open the "annex" up on the hill. This was really another hotel that the owners of the Colonial had recently bought. "The Merry Hearts" would have it and its beautiful grounds practically to themselves, and would be driven down to the main hotel three times a day for their meals.