"Out with Mr. Mackay," replied the woman, smiling.
There was nothing to do but wait, so Linda tried to busy herself with her studies. But for once she could not get her mind off the subject of Bess Hulbert, and concentrate.
About five o'clock Louise finally arrived. She looked radiantly happy.
"I've got something thrilling to tell you, Linda!" she exclaimed, giving the other girl a hug.
"And I have something not so thrilling to tell you!" returned Linda.
"Well, out with it! Let's get the bad news over first!" Louise took off her hat and coat and settled down in the arm-chair beside the window. Her eyes took on a dreamy expression.
"I met Bess Hulbert!" Linda announced, expecting Louise to jump into the air at the startling fact. But she did no such thing; she took the information with the utmost calm.
"Well, of all things," she remarked. "Where?"
"At an airplane company in Nashville, Tennessee. And Lou, she confessed everything."
"Might as well," muttered her room-mate. "We knew it all anyway."