"Of course she can't; but you know Dorothy! She's as proud as Lucifer, and Agnes Lowe called her a waif and a nobody."
"Agnes Lowe wants shaking."
"Well, she didn't mean Dorothy to overhear her. She's very sorry about it."
"I'm more sorry for Dorothy. So that's the reason she's looking so glum! Isn't she coming to the meeting?"
"I don't know. She's up in the classroom."
"Someone fetch her."
"I'll go," said Mavie. "It's a shame to let her stay out of everything. She's as prickly as a hedgehog to-day, and will probably snap my head off, but I don't mind. She may have a temper, but she's one of the jolliest girls in the Form, all the same."
"So she is. It's fearfully hard on her if what Agnes Lowe says is really true. I vote we try to be nice to her, to make up."
"Any girl who refers to it would be a cad."
"Well, look here! Let us try to get her made secretary of our 'Dramatic'."