She had made up her mind not to tell them about Daphne, that was to be her secret.
CHAPTER IX
TWINS INDEED
"Snow!" Every girl looked up as Janet spoke, and a ripple of laughter ran around the room.
"Janet, did you say that?"—Miss Baxter looked over her thick lens glasses and focused her pale blue eyes on Phyllis's twin. An expectant silence fell over the room.
"Yes, Miss Baxter,"—Janet rose to answer.
Miss Baxter tapped the desk with her long and callous forefinger.
"Phyllis, I am quite aware that you are answering, and I might add that this is not the place to practice silly jokes."
A sudden, though quickly suppressed, snort came from behind Sally's desk, and even Muriel, sitting beside Phyllis, giggled.