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Annette was the luckiest , because Charles was going for a fishing trip , and her time was her own . And Ferd 's idea turned out to be perfectly bully when the eight of us got together that evening and talked it over while the husbands were shooting crap in the grill room . `` There 's an island up the river , '' he explained , `` where the men from our mill have been camping ; and , though the tents are down , they built a wooden pavilion at the edge of the water for a dining hall -- and , of course , that 's still there . We can leave town at , say , four o'clock and motor up there -- you and Tom , Annette and -- '' `` I 've been thinking it over , Ferd , '' I put in , `` and I wo n't motor . If the car goes into a ditch or turns over you always get in the papers and there 's talk . Is n't there a street car ? '' `` There 's a street car ; but , for heaven 's sake , Fanny -- '' `` Street car it is , '' I said with decision .