A giggle from behind the portières commented upon this remark and speeding to part them Dolly revealed the hiding figures of their two boy house-mates.
“That’s not nice of young gentlemen, to peep and listen,” remarked Molly, severely; “but since you’ve done it, come and take your punishment. You’ll have to help. James Barlow, you are appointed the committee of ‘ways and means.’ I haven’t an idea what that ‘means,’ but I know they always have such a committee.”
“What ‘they,’ Miss Molly?”
“I don’t know, Mister Barlow, but you’re—it.”
“Monty, you’ll furnish the entertainment,” she continued.
The recipient of this honor bowed profoundly, then lifted his head with a sudden interest as Dorothy suggested the next name:
“Molly Martin.”
Even Alfy looked up in surprise. “Do you mean it, Dorothy C.?”
“Surely. After her put Jane Potter.”