“Don’t sit there,” Madge prodded Janet firmly. “We have to dress for dinner.”
“And we have to get back to Happiness House,” added Gale to Ricky and Gloria, but making no movement toward home.
“Isn’t spring the most glorious time of the year,” sighed Valerie. “When the grass is growing, the buds budding——”
“And the brooks brooking,” Carol finished. “Come along,” she urged Janet. “We have to dress and I’m hungry.”
“I will be black and blue tomorrow,” Janet prophesied gloomily. “My chagrin is mountainous. To think I had to fall off when we were going so good.”
“Console yourself,” Valerie soothed. “We shall probably all fall off sooner or later.”
“I will live in hopes,” Janet said brightly. “What are we going to do tonight?” she asked.
“I am going to study my history,” Valerie said firmly. “Spring exams are just around the corner and I find my knowledge of dates strangely lax.”
“Me for my geometry,” Ricky said sorrowfully.
It developed that all the girls had more or less studying to do for the spring finals. Gradually they separated, Janet and Carol to drift upstairs to dress for dinner, Madge and Valerie to follow more leisurely. Gale walked to the sorority house with Ricky and Gloria. They separated only to meet again at dinner. Afterward Gale went off alone to the solitude of her room to study. She would be glad to have Phyllis back with her again.