“To whom?”
“That isn’t a fair question, Miss Rankin.”
Miss Rankin waived that point. “You may read it aloud, Elizabeth,” she said.
There was an instant hush. Blue Bonnet could and did break the rules in an easy-going, light-hearted way; but the little manœuverings and concealments in which many of the girls were adepts had never seemed to her worth while. And now she had been caught red-handed, writing a note!
“I am waiting, Elizabeth,” Miss Rankin said sharply.
Blue Bonnet’s color had risen. “All right,” she answered clearly.
There was another moment of waiting; then Miss Rankin said, “Elizabeth!”
“Yes, Miss Rankin?”
“I told you I was waiting!”
And again Blue Bonnet answered—“All right.”