An expression of deep consternation spread over the faces of Avelyn's four room-mates. Their disapproval was evident, and they voiced their objections.
"We've never had such a thing as a weekly boarder before!"
"You'll be away all Saturdays and Sundays!"
"You'll be out of all the fun!"
"Almost as bad as being a day girl!"
"Miss Thompson said once that she didn't approve of weekly boarders."
"I can't understand Tommiekins, she's changed so lately."
"Have you ever been to school before?"
"Why, yes," replied Avelyn, smoothing out the folds of her evening dress, and hanging it on the hooks behind the curtain. "Though not since last Christmas."
"To boarding school?"