"May I speak?" she cried impulsively, starting up.
"By all means," nodded Chairman Bessie.
"It seems to me," said Gwen, "that if we're going to do this thing at all, it might just as easily be on a large scale as a small one. Miss Roscoe, no doubt, would be very pleased with a silver tea service, but I know something I believe she'd like far better. Don't you remember how frightfully interested she is in the new Convalescent Home? She urged us all to help it if we could. Suppose we could raise enough money to found a cot, and call it the Rodenhurst Cot, wouldn't that be a nice memorial?"
"After Miss Roscoe's own heart!" gasped Bessie.
"Ripping!" agreed most of the girls.
"But what would it cost? Is it possible?" enquired Olga Hunter.
"I believe it is. We have some papers at the Parsonage about the Convalescent Home. I was looking at them only yesterday. Any donor of £100 is to be allowed to name a cot, and nominate the special children who occupy it. Now in this big school we ought to be able to raise £100."
"A large order," said Natalie Preston.
"Not if it's undertaken systematically. As it's for a charitable object we can ask subscriptions from outsiders."
"I see your point," said Bessie. "Yes, we could beg for the Convalescent Home when we couldn't ask for contributions for a personal testimonial to Miss Roscoe. But this would please her far more. A Rodenhurst Cot! She'd love it!"