But Marian was running down the path, and was fortunately well out of hearing.
Within a recreation room, Judith, in Jane's absence, became prompter and promoter of all things necessary and interesting to Jane's adherents. Naturally, the Bugle news all but disrupted the day's program, and now, in the noon hour, Judith and her friends were devouring and discussing that astonishing article concerning Helen.
"Well, what if she is a noble," lisped Clare Bradley, "wouldn't that be nice?"
"Lovely, of course," flared back Dickey Ripple. "But suppose she doesn't want to be a noble?"
"Oh, well, then she needn't," finished the inconsistent blonde.
"That's not it at all," explained Judith. "We don't want Helen disturbed and run after by a lot of notoriety seekers."
"Certainly not," agreed Drusilla. "Suppose they come down on us and ransack the place----"
"And carry you off by mistake," Grazia could not refrain from adding.
"I always knew there was something queer about Helen," added Minette, with undisguised banality.
"Yes, that is, she was smarter than any girl you ever met," corrected Weasie Blair. "That was the queer part of her."