"Yes, Kitten," Shirley said. "We have got to, but now, how can we do it?"
The situation was becoming more difficult each moment, and when presently Jane Allen left the two freshmen, she had taken on the weight of a new mystery.
Those girls were in a conspiracy to desert before exams. Why?
CHAPTER XXI
CRAMMING EVENTS
"Now, what can we do? However are we going to get out of this?"
Sally asked Shirley. They seemed desperate.
"I don't know. How differently things have turned out from our expectations? I wouldn't mind anything but that darling dad of Jane's. The thought sickens me," and the bobbed head drooped dejectedly.
"But I am more at fault than you," sobbed Sally. "I feel like running away from everything."
"So do I, but we neither will do it. That's the trouble with reformation. I told you I should hate to be reformed—it tags on so many responsibilities. But we are both in for it. And the dance and Ted wanting to come!"
"Yes, isn't it just dreadful? What shall we do?"