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Food ! '' Lydia was tired the next day and elected to stay in camp with Miss Towne while the others , including even Margery and Gustus , went on an all day strawberry hunt . Lydia lay in a hammock with a book all the morning , but the greater part of the time , Miss Towne observed , her eyes were fastened broodingly on the lake and not on the printed page . The two went bathing alone , at noon , and afterward lay on the grassy shore , drying their hair . `` Lydia , was n't Kent nice to you , yesterday ? '' asked the chaperone , abruptly . Lydia turned a startled , sunburned face toward the questioner .