But Polly's explanation was cut short by a timid tap at the door.
"Come in," called Lois. It was Phylis and Janet.
"We've come to take you out for a walk, sister," Phylis said to Florence. "You promised you'd come back right after practice and you didn't."
Florence laughed. "Mercy, what a rude awakening. Here I've been feeling just as if I were back again and then my small sister knocks at the door and reminds me I'm only a visitor!"
"Their coming makes me think of the way you two used to knock at our door," Louise said. "Remember?"
"Only Lo and Poll were never as respectful as Jane and Phylis," Florence teased, putting her arm around her sister. "They used to bounce in unannounced and eat up all our peanut butter."
"Florence, you shouldn't talk like that," her sister admonished her. "You forget Polly and Lois are Seniors," she said with dignity.
"A thousand pardons!" Florence laughed. "So they are."
"I see you have your defenders just as we had," Louise remarked.
"I think it's time to go," Janet announced, and she didn't understand why everybody laughed.