"No, of course I didn't, or I'd have come and spoken to you."
"I wish you had, then, for nobody spoke to me at all, and no one's said a word to me at meals, or in my bedroom either."
In spite of herself, Patty could not help her voice sounding rather aggrieved.
"What a shame! Then you don't know anybody at The Priory yet?"
"Only my cousin Muriel."
"Muriel Pearson? Is she your cousin?"
"Yes."
"Well!" exclaimed Enid, throwing such a depth of expression into the brief monosyllable, that it seemed to convey a whole volume of indignant comment.
"Do you actually mean to say," put in Avis, who had joined them, "that Muriel Pearson's your cousin, and yet she's never taken any notice of you, nor introduced you to anybody?"
Patty nodded. She did not want to accuse Muriel, but she certainly could not deny the fact.