"Deliver me from well-meaning innocents," said Lee. "I can't stand stupidity."
"Oh, Lillie isn't stupid," said Janet. "She is simply unsuspicious and has the saving grace of a sense of humor."
But Lee would not believe in Lillie's claims and Janet dropped the subject. Later on came an hour when she did make her confession to the younger girl.
"I can't bear to have you say such things to me," she said impatiently when Lillie had offered her a compliment upon her nobility of character. "I'm not noble and I have treated you abominably."
"Treated me?" Lillie's eyes opened wide. "You've been perfectly lovely to me. You've been kinder than any one in the college, and I am very proud of it."
"You needn't be," returned Janet, gloomily; "I have deceived you."
"Do you mean you don't really like me?" asked Lillie, anxiously.
"Oh, I like you. I am fond of you, but I first sought you out because I knew you were likely to be unsuspecting and I had promised to do my share in finding out about that class supper that the sophs stole." Then she told the whole story.
The girl was silent for some moments after Janet had concluded her confession; then the smiles began to dimple around her mouth and finally she burst out into a laugh.
"I ought to be furious," she said, "but I'm not, for it is so funny, and after all, Janet, it is a sort of relief to discover that you are like other girls."