I s ` pose I should n't have let him go so meek but I was timid and frightened of father .<br>Besides , I did n't know men were so skurse . ''<br>When the girls were safely away , Diana driving and Anne holding the coveted platter carefully on her lap , the green , rain-freshened solitudes of the Tory Road were enlivened by ripples of girlish laughter .
Diana and Anne will pick up another friend. 
( z1 pick-up :ARG0 ( z2 and :op ( z3 person :name ( z4 name :op "Diana" ) ) :op ( z5 person :name ( z6 name :op "Anne" ) ) ) :ARG1 ( z7 person :ARG0-of ( z8 have-rel-role :ARG1 z3 :ARG2 ( z9 friend ) ) :mod ( z10 another ) ) )