"All right, Mary, if you've got a damp cotton cord for a back bone—"
Mary got up out of her chair instantly.
"That's something I haven't got. I'll just show you, Miss Blue Bonnet Ashe."
She flew out of the room and Carita ran to the door to watch her.
"She's knocking on Fraulein's door, as sure as you live," she announced, coming back.
"Of course," Blue Bonnet said, hanging a couple of dresses back in the closet. "Mary's all right. She doesn't mean half she says."
A few of the girls were waiting for Blue Bonnet in the "Angel's Retreat."
"Hurry up," Ruth Biddle said, as she entered the room. "We've a lot to say to you—too much for ten minutes."
"Go ahead, then, I'm listening."
"You are about to have a great honor conferred upon you," Ruth continued.