"Goodness! No! Why, I'd be scared to death," she answered hastily.
"Then there's nothing to do, but to ask one of the Juniors to help us," Polly said decidedly. "She could leave the platform when we sang our song."
The rest agreed. "But who?" Helen inquired.
"Fanny Gerard has a sweet voice, and I know she knows the carols," Betty said, "and she's a Junior."
There was a little discussion before Fanny was selected, but in the end Betty carried her point.
The few days before the musical were taken up with rehearsals. The party was to be very informal—just something to do on the last night. The Seniors sang carols in costumes and later on served light refreshments.
Fanny was delighted to sing. The day of the concert she went out with Polly and Lois to get evergreen branches to decorate the hall with, and between them they turned the platform into a veritable forest.
By seven-thirty the school was assembled, and at a quarter to eight the Seniors entered. They marched around the room and up to the platform singing: "God rest ye, Merry Gentlemen." Fanny's clear voice was so above the others that the girls and teachers began to whisper among themselves. There was a lull of expectancy as they began "Good King Wenceslas looked out on the feast of Stephan."
Angela, who was dressed as the King, sang her part:
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"Haste thee, page, and stand by me, If thou knowest it telling, Yonder peasant, who is he? Where, and what, his dwelling?" |