“She said she was too tired.”
“Shshshsh,” Janet warned as the soloist began again. “I could listen to her for hours. Is she somebody from the college, Val?”
“Of course,” Valerie nodded.
“Oh, if I only had a voice like that!” Carol sighed.
“Then you would get some place,” Janet agreed. “That girl will be famous.”
Valerie smiled to herself.
When the quiet, musical evening was over the girls voted it a huge success. They doubted if even the play on the next night could hold them as enthralled. The Juniors and Seniors who had been present were quite as enthusiastic.
“We want that singer in the Glee Club,” Adele Stevens said firmly. She was the active president of the organization and she did not intend to miss adding such a fine voice to the group.
“I don’t know,” Valerie said dubiously. “We had a hard time persuading her to sing tonight.”
“But why didn’t she come out from behind the shrubbery?” Carol complained. “We want to know what she looks like.”