House before ever I married Brown——" began the old body a little confusedly. 

 "I say," Robin broke in, "look here, Jan and Peter. And, Brownie, I'm not sure——" 

 "There's the horn!" interrupted Peter suddenly. The clear sound came faintly over the water. 

 "Aye, the horn it is, sure enough," said Brownie in a relieved voice, "and hadn't you better be going to see?" 

 But she spoke to an empty kitchen: the three were gone. Down to the water's side they raced, and were just pushing off when their mother began to call to them.  "You needn't come over; I can speak from here. Yes, it is what I feared. Dr. Greig says there's no mistake about it. And Donald says that there was a case in his form at school. Now, what I'm to do with you I don't know." 

 "Mother," began Robin, "listen; I know a tremendously good way out of the difficulty." 

 "What is it?" inquired Mrs. Vaughan. 

 "It's nothing more nor less than the camp!" said Robin; "and, if you'll stay there for an instant, I'll row over and tell you what I mean." 

 CHAPTER III 

 "It's like this," said Robin, as he hung over the side of the boat, "at first I thought we couldn't do anything, but we can. It's stupid to suggest that we should come and nurse Dick, because we'd be sure to catch it, and give miles more trouble. Even if we don't nurse him, there'll be the chance of infection. So—suppose we stay here!" 

 "My dear boy," began Mrs. Vaughan, "but——" 

 "Don't 'but,' Mother; do listen. We were to have a camp, weren't we? Well, let's begin at once. I suppose Dick and his spots are now in the bedroom leading out of Peter's and mine, so it's jolly likely——" 

 "Yes," Mrs. Vaughan nodded her head.  "I put him there before I had realised——. Then, as he had infected the place, I thought he'd better stay. I meant to move him to one of the unoccupied rooms, but so far I haven't managed it, and——" 

 "Well then, think of my idea. If we move into the house we'll be in quarantine when term begins. No one—not even school—could say we've been near infection if we stay here. There's Brown's house, too, if——" 

 Mrs. Vaughan's face was beginning to clear: 

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