Marjorie wrinkled her nose; in her own mind she still harbored resentment against Ruth, and the idea of her company was rather distasteful.
"No—thanks! I don't want to do anything very strenuous."
A knock sounded at their door, and in answer to Lily's cheery, "Come!" Alice Endicott entered.
"If I bother you people too much, just put me out!" she announced gaily. "I simply must have company!"
"Not homesick?" asked Marjorie.
"No, indeed! Only I want to go for a walk, or do something; and your society's so infinitely more pleasant than my own——"
"I'll tell you what I'll do," interrupted Marjorie. "Let's go canoeing!"
Alice clapped her hands with delight. She had never been out in Marjorie's canoe since the day when their friendship had really started, and she longed to be invited again.
"Oh, how lovely!" she cried. "And it's such a perfect day!"
"I'll have to send it home at Thanksgiving," remarked Marjorie, as she and Alice crossed the campus on their way to the lake. "And I don't know how I'll ever do without it."