"I won't go!" she declared to her companions. "Not unless Miss Rowe drags me there."
"You'll have to!" said Avis.
"I don't know about that. No one can force me to do a thing I don't want, not even Miss Lincoln."
"Miss Lincoln would expel you if you didn't do what you were told."
"I shouldn't care!"
"Oh, Enid, don't be silly! It can't make such a difference where you sit. I'll help you to move all your books, and put your new desk tidy," said Patty, hoping to pour oil on the troubled waters, and adding: "You'll have one advantage. You'll be close to Miss Harper in the botany class, and she'll hand you the specimens first. I wish I might change instead of you. I always envied Beatrice when she was pulling off petals, and we were craning our necks to try and look."
"It's easy enough to see the bright side for somebody else," grumbled Enid.
"Let us have our removal now," continued Patty, wisely taking no notice. "Beatrice is quite ready; aren't you, Beatrice? We'll lay all the things on the seat, and dust the desk inside before we put them in."
"I wouldn't do it for anybody but you," said Enid, allowing herself to be persuaded.
Beatrice soon emptied her desk, and it did not take very long to arrange the books in their new quarters. The alteration was effected almost before Enid realized it, and the storm which Patty had dreaded for her friend's sake was avoided. Nevertheless, Patty was not easy about Enid.