"Isn't it getting too dark for painting?"
"Oh, no! The light's good for some time yet, and Miss Aubrey's probably coming upstairs to go on with her still-life study. I love sitting with her. She's most inspiring."
"Comme vous voulez, mademoiselle!" answered Dorrie, retiring in high dudgeon to report to her fellow-monitresses. They were most indignant at the slight.
"Cheek!"
"Turns up her nose at our invitation, does she?"
"She can please herself, I'm sure."
"She's no loss, at any rate."
"Look here!" said Dorrie. "I've got an idea. We'll pay her out for this. She's counting on Miss Aubrey going to sit with her in the studio, and having a delightful tête à tête. Let's ask Miss Aubrey to our cocoa party."
"Splendiferous!"
"Girl alive, you're a genius! Go instanter!"