"Well," said Janet, "if you insist on spoiling everything, girls, you must. You know what Evelyn is."
[Pg 18]
"May I go with the others?" asked Miss O'Hara.
online rummy games for real cash
The child's words were almost incoherent. Alice, who was not quite so excitable, began to pour out a queer story.
"O Janey," exclaimed two of the other girls in a breath, "a committee does sound so absurdly formal."
Dorothy, Ruth, and Olive had now come into the schoolroom, and had taken their places by Janet's side. She gave them a quick look, in which considerable aversion to the newcomer was plainly visible, then turned her head and gazed languidly out of the window.
"Yes, my love, or she would not be returning."
"Yes, Janet, she's pretty and she's rich, and she's destitute of fear. She is quite certain to have her own party in the school. I repeat," continued Olive, "that there is no weakness in Bridget. I grant that she is about the most irritating creature I know, but weak she is not."