"It's too bad."
"Oh, I'll soon get over it, I suppose." Jessie gave a sigh. "Tell me about your doings, Dave. I suppose you are having hard work at school and like to get out and meet some of your Oakdale friends."
"Why, yes, I like to get out sometimes."
"Those seem to be very nice girls."
"Yes, they are. Phil is quite fond of one of them, too."
"Which one?"
"Mary Feversham. We became acquainted with them in quite an odd way," and he told of the big snowball and the ice-boat.
"That Vera Rockwell seems to think a great deal of you, Dave."
"Do you think so? Well, I think she is a nice——"