And then they all sat down,
happily and hungrily, to a breakfast that tasted just as good as had
supper the night before.
"Can we swim in the lake, Miss Eleanor?" asked Margery Burton.
"If you want to," said Eleanor, with a smile. "It's pretty cold water,
though; a good deal colder than it was at the sea shore last year. You
see, this lake is fed by springs, and in the spring the ice melts, and
the water in April and May is just like ice water. But you'll get used
to it, if you only stay in a couple of minutes at first, and get
accustomed to the chill gradually. But remember the rule: no one is ever
to go unless I'm right at hand, and there must always be someone in a
boat, ready to help if a girl gets a cramp or any other sort of
trouble."
"Oh, are there boats?" cried Dolly. "That's fine! Where are they, Miss
Eleanor?"
"You shall see them after we've cleared away the breakfast things and
washed up. But there's a rule about the boats, too: no one is to go out
in them except in bathing suits. And remember this, when you're out on
the lake.
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