"The Bell family certainly did their best to shock her. If daddy and Nan could have just burst in from somewhere, I think the effect would have been complete," declared Jane, merrily.
The subject of these comments, upon reaching home, found herself called upon for an opinion of the Bells.
Forrest Townsend, encountering his sister upon the stairs, followed her to her room.
"Own up that they 're not as odd as you thought," he demanded.
"They 're very well--of their sort," was Olive's reply, observing herself in her mirror, and congratulating herself on the fact that the new spring hat was undoubtedly becoming.
"See here, why not send Jane and Peter an invitation to your party?"
"'Jane and Peter!' You seem to be pretty intimate with them already."
"I don't call them that to their faces. But you 've seen for yourselves they 're all right. Ask them over; it won't hurt you."
"Why, Forrest Townsend--people who don't know a soul in our set! What an idea!"
"A mighty good idea. Nobody 'll know they live in Gay Street--and you won't be ashamed of them either."