The boys from the Academy, too, appeared. Nancy was not much interested in them—only curious. Even the girls of her own class seemed to be very desirous of making acquaintances among the Academy boys.
“You see,” Jennie Bruce told her, “after the holidays we have entertainments at the Hall, and Dr. Dudley lets his boys give a minstrel show. We each have a dance during the winter—one at the Academy and one at the Hall; and if you know some of the boys beforehand it’s lots easier to get partners at the dance.”
“I’d just as lief dance with another girl, I think,” said Nancy, timidly.
“Pshaw! that’s no fun,” returned Jennie.
“I never did dance with a boy,” admitted Nancy. “Where—where I lived only the girls danced together.”
“Where was that?” demanded Jennie.
“At school,” said Nancy, blushing, and sorry she had said so much now.
“Oh! a ‘kid’ school?” laughed Jennie.
“Well—yes.”
“Where was it?”