“Oh, come on!” snapped Maude, finally, grabbing Laura Hedden by the arm and marching with her out of Number Eighty.
Beth was glad to see her go; but she wanted a few moments to recover herself. This was an unexpectedly unpleasant incident, and the girl from Hudsonvale shed tears over it—and shed them frankly. As the door had closed she had heard a muttered “show such girls their place.”
CHAPTER XIII
THE SUNNY SIDE
“Peek-a-boo!”
Beth started from her chair, hastily wiped her eyes, and turned to see Molly Granger peering in at the door of the passage between the two rooms.
“Oh, my dear!” cried Beth, with half a sob. “I thought you had gone.”
“Did you hear me bang the door?” demanded Molly, standing culpritwise before her chum with her hands behind her back. “Well! when that door is banged it doesn’t latch! There was method in my madness.”
“Goodness!”
“So you thought I had truly gone and wouldn’t hear all that nasty Princess Fancyfoot had to say?”
“Why—why—— Did you?”