"Tell us about the exhibition to-night," Louise said, as they started for their walk, and Janet explained:
"All the girls who are at all good, put things in," she concluded. "These two friends of Miss Crosby are both artists and they're very important. I hope Lois gets the prize."
"Do you think she will?" Florence asked.
"I don't know, but Maud Banks says she's sure to," Janet replied.
Polly and Lois, after their visitors had left, hurried back into their sailor suits and joined the rest of the Seniors in the reception room, where the photographer was waiting.
Lois explained about the picture and led the way to the pond. He selected a rock and grouped the girls around it. This took so much time, that Lois hurried to the studio to find it was too late to make the one or two alterations on her canvas that she had wanted to.
"Oh, dear," she said to Miss Crosby; "I never realized how late it was getting. What will I do?"
"You'll leave your canvas just as it is," Miss Crosby answered. "I'm glad the light is poor. I didn't want you to make any changes. Come down to Assembly Hall and help me to hang up the rest of the sketches, will you?" she asked.
The two artists who were to act as judges came in time for dinner. The girls had a glimpse of them as they passed the guests' dining-room.
"Why, they're men," Betty exclaimed. "One's fat, old and bald, and the other one's young. I thought they were going to be women."