"How do you do," she said. "I'm awfully glad to know about the poll parrot," she added with a smile.
Phyllis, who had been talking, very much against her will, to one of the teachers, joined them and nodded to Taffy. Janet noticed that she looked surprised and pleased.
Daphne smiled lazily.
"I like your twin, Phyllis," she drawled and then left them.
"Now isn't that just like Taffy?" Sally demanded.
"Not a bit," Eleanor protested. "Taffy likes very few people."
"Well, you know what I mean," Sally insisted. "It's like her to say a thing like that and then leave."
It was not until Janet and Phyllis were alone in the living-room that Phyllis explained.
"Daphne Hillis is the most popular girl in school," she said, "but I think she has fewer friends than any other girl, and that's what makes it strange."
"But if she's so popular?" Janet queried.