“You certainly look happy!” remarked Alice. “What has happened?”
“I’m going back to Miss Allen’s in the Fall,” she answered.
“Girls,” said Marjorie, interrupting the conversation, “we have a guest with us. Somebody you’ll no doubt be delighted to meet: Kirk Smith’s wife!”
“Kirk Smith’s wife!” repeated Alice. “When did he get married?”
“Last April,” said Marjorie.
“And is he separated from her?” asked Ethel, breathlessly.
“Naturally! He wasn’t with her this summer, was he?”
“I thought there was something queer about him,” observed Alice. “Is she nice?”
“Charming.”
“And does she love him?”