"It's the girls' 'Hexagon Club,' Sophronia. They call themselves the 'Happy Hexagons.' There are six of them."
"Humph!" commented Miss Sophronia. "Who are they—besides Cordelia?"
"Bertha Brown, Tilly Mack, Alma Lane, Elsie Martin, and Genevieve Hartley."
"And who?" frowned Miss Sophronia at the last name.
"Genevieve Hartley. She is the little Texas girl. It is to her ranch they are going."
"Her ranch!"
"Well—her father's."
"But who is she? What's she doing here?"
"She's been going to school this winter. She's at the Kennedys'."
"A Texas ranch-girl at the Kennedys'! Why, they're nice people!" exclaimed Miss Sophronia, opening wide her eyes.