They crossed their hearts and solemnly hoped they might perish if they revealed one word of what was coming.
"You know Katharine Holland?"
They did.
"Awful stick," commented Laura May.
Amelia flamed into vivid defence.
"Nothing of the sort. I guess you'd be quiet too, Laura May Lee, if your heart was broken."
With one impulse the girls on the bed drew their knees up to their chins and hugged them ecstatically. This was more than they had hoped for.
"The girls on the bed drew their knees up to their chins"