“I am so glad to meet you, Miss Calvert,” replied Miss Boothington.
“As we are to be so much together, please call me Dorothy if you will,” interrupted Dorothy.
“And you will call me Ruth,” Miss Boothington remarked. “I know we shall have some very fine times together. And you are a solo violinist?”
“Yes, I play the violin,” answered Dorothy. “Are you going to sing to-day?”
“Yes,” answered Ruth. “At least I am going to try to.”
“Here, here. That will never do, Miss Ruth. You should have said that you would sing. Of course you would sing,” remarked Mr. Ludlow. Turning to Dorothy, he said, “Well, Dorothy, I think I shall leave you here with Miss Boothington. I guess she can take care of you. I am going to the front and will sit with your Aunt Betty.”
With that Mr. Ludlow left the two girls and walked out and around front where he looked for Aunt Betty.
“Is this the place? My, ain’t it big!” exclaimed Alfy, as Aunt Betty and Jim followed her to the door.
“I have our tickets here,” remarked Jim, presenting them to the doorkeeper.