“Out of our way. We never saw you before,” Betsy said without slowing up.
“Run lay our uniforms out so we can get dressed.”
“You have six minutes,” Chloe said as she and Sue sped to Tumble Inn. Anything to help.
“Please let me get in safely,” Mimi prayed under her breath. “I’ll never slip out again. I’ll study the——”
Before she finished praying she was safely through the door and running down the hall. If she met anyone, she did not remember. She was inside again. She had not been caught.
Study hall that night was a haven. Relieved and safe again, Mimi pored over her books. For several days to come, she had perfect recitations.
CHAPTER XVIII
THE HORSE SHOW
What proved to be one of the happiest weeks Mimi spent at Sheridan had a fearful beginning. When she dashed in the post office between classes to see if she had a letter from Germany, the disappointment of not finding one was enough. On top of that, there was a note asking Mimi to come to Dr. Barnes’ office at one o’clock!
Mimi crushed the notice. After all, they had not slipped in Saturday unobserved. Perspiration popped out on her forehead and around her mouth. Mimi, who usually danced through life on her tiptoes expecting “sprises,” had her head bowed in misery. There was no time to wail. She was late to geometry now.
After a miserably forty-five-minute class period during which she broke her recent perfect recitation record, Mimi fled to College Hall and confided in Dit.