It was supper hour at the Children’s Home. In the big dining room three long tables were set.
At each place on the clean, bare table was a plate, a small yellow bowl, and a spoon.
Beside each plate was a blue gingham bib.
Jane, one of the girls in the Home, was filling the bowls on her table with milk from a big brown pitcher.
Two little girls worked at each of the tables. While one filled the bowls, the other brought the bread.
She put two thick slices of bread and a big cookie on each plate.
The young woman who had let Clematis in, came to the table near the door.
“There is a new girl at your table tonight, Jane,” she said. “She will sit next to me.”
“All right, Miss Rose,” answered Jane, carefully filling the last yellow bowl.
“Please may I ring the bell tonight, Miss Rose?” asked Sally, who had been helping Jane.