Babe had hurried in ahead of them with the news of Betty’s safe return, without waiting to have any conversation with Mr. Morton. But when the dinner project was approved by Mrs. Hildreth and Mr. Morton insisted that “the little tomboy” must sit on his left, Babe made no objection, and she had spirited repartees ready for all Mr. Morton’s sallies. She even went so far as to tell him about the Harvard-Cambridge race and ask him, as she had promised John she would, to take her to see it.