“Just give Bob Endress the tip to say nothing to the other girls about how he first met you.”
“Oh!”
“Don’t you see? If Cora and Grace find out where you lived before you came to Pinewood Hall, they’ll maybe learn all about you. And perhaps, that would be bad,” said Jennie, slowly.
“Then you see it too?” asked Nancy, sadly. “They’ll be very sure I am a nobody then.”
“It’s a shame how girls will talk,” admitted Jennie Bruce. “Especially that kind of girls.”
“I wish I had you for a friend, Jennie,” said Nancy, in a whisper.
“Why! you have!” cried the other. “I’ve always wanted to know you better. But the girls think you are offish.”
“I don’t mean to be.”
“No, I see,” returned Jennie. “But I understand you now. I wish you were in this room instead of Sally.”
“And if you only were in Number 30, instead of Cora,” spoke Nancy, out loud.