“Oh, I don’t care for him,” muttered Bess.
“Of course you do. He will be one of our teachers.”
“That Riggs girl says that none of the girls at the Hall think much of Professor Krenner,” grumbled Bess. “They say he’s cracked.”
“I wouldn’t repeat what that Riggs girl says,” admonished Nan, with some sharpness. It exasperated her for Bess to show that she had been influenced at all by the rude rich girl.
“Well, I’ve found out I don’t like her,” Bess sighed.
“I discovered I didn’t, before,” Nan rejoined, dryly.
“But she’ll tell awful stories about us at Lakeview Hall,” Bess said with a worried air.
“Let her tell,” scoffed the more sensible Nan.
“We—ell! We don’t want to begin school with all the girls against us.”
“They’ll not be. Do you suppose that girl has much influence with the nice, sensible girls who attend Lakeview Hall?”