Chapter XVIII - Between Two Perils

"What—what are we going to do?" gasped Grace. She, as Betty said afterward, seemed always to be the first to ask questions that were hard to answer in an emergency. "They—they may attack us!" "Why can't you say something less—less scary?" demanded Mollie who, after the first gasp of fright, had come forward to stand beside Betty. chiese Mollie che, dopo il primo sussulto di paura, si era fatta avanti per stare accanto a Betty. Amy had already shrunk to a place in the rear near Grace. Amy si era già ritirata in un posto in fondo, vicino a Grace. It seemed to be always thus, with Betty and Mollie facing the immediate danger, and Grace and Amy needing protection. Sembrava che fosse sempre così, con Betty e Mollie che affrontavano il pericolo immediato e Grace e Amy che avevano bisogno di protezione.