"It is no use asking her; you can't get anything out of her. I've just tried my best."
"What! don't you mean to tell us, beforehand?"
"No."
"Not a word? not a syllable? Well, I do declare! I tell you what it is, Flo, she means to astonish us all by some wonderful production."
"I suppose most of the girls will be astonished, for I don't believe they know there is to be any apology at all."
"No, I don't think they suspect it," said Julia. "So much for knowing how to hold one's tongue."
"Well, Julia, I guess this is the first time you could be accused of that," laughingly replied Flo.
"That is a libel! Who held their tongue about Aunt Bettie's doughnuts, I should like to know?"
"Another rare instance," mischievously put in Marion; "put it down, Julia, you'll never have another chance."
"But, girls, what do you mean?" cried Julia, in a deprecating tone. "Do you think I run and tell everything I know?"