CHAPTER VI
A GLORIOUS PROSPECT
"Hail, the conquering heroine comes!" cried Rhoda Hammond, as Nan entered the room.
"I see she didn't eat you up," remarked Bess with a smile.
"I suppose you are disappointed," laughed Nan, as she threw herself into a chair. "It would have been delightfully exciting if she had, wouldn't it? But talking of eating, let me have some of those chocolates, you stingy thing."
The last remark was addressed to Laura, who languidly took up the box of confections and handed it over to Nan.
"Where's Grace?" asked Nan, as she helped herself and cast her eyes over the group.
The question was answered by Grace herself, who at that moment burst into the room, waving a letter excitedly in her hand.