"But they must all be getting together in the library, and we had better join them."
"Yes, I suppose so. What were you and Cyril talking about at dinner? I only caught a word or two."
"Oh, I was consulting him on a series of articles I was requested to write for a magazine."
"Didn't I hear something about editing one?"
"I dare say. That was one out of dozens of similar propositions."
"They keep you as busy as ever, it seems. And Laura is following in your footsteps. Wasn't it a little tall in her to read her own story, though?"
"No; there's nothing tall about her. She's just as fresh and unspoiled as a rose-bud."
"I'm glad you think so. I can't bear to think of either of the girls as being like the common feminine run."
They descended to the library, and found them all prepared to play some game of wits, with pencil and paper.