Valerie shook her head sadly. “A Freshman trick! I am ashamed of you. To think——”
“She wants to see you too,” the Freshman said smiling, “about the broken vase in the hall.”
“A Freshman trick!” Janet mimicked.
“It was an accident,” Valerie said firmly. “I slipped and fell against it. I couldn’t help it if the table wiggled and the vase fell off.”
“Did it fall or was it pushed?” Carol winked at Janet.
“I suppose I’ll have to go in,” Valerie sighed.
That left Gale to go on alone to the infirmary to see Phyllis. That young lady was chafing at the delay in her recovery. It was a week now since the second accident and she wanted to get back to Happiness House and on her feet. She did not like the restrictions placed on her by the Doctor and frankly told her so. Doctor Norcot merely smiled and told her to be good.
Gale told Phyllis all the news of the campus and only when it was nearing dinner time did she leave. When she closed the door to Phyllis’ room behind her she noticed the Doctor standing in the hall. She beckoned to Gale and the Freshman followed the physician to her office. There Gale sat in the chair facing the Doctor across her desk.
“Is anything the matter?” Gale asked when she noted the tenseness of the Doctor’s expression and the frown on the usually smiling features.
The latter nodded gloomily. “There is—a great deal.”