"But she is. Trust another woman to know!"
"There, by Jove!" whispered Dave. "It has started. Danny is running under the wire! I can tell by his face that he has just started to propose."
"Poor boy! He'll have an awful fall!" muttered Belle.
"Why do you say that? But, say! You're right, Belle. Dan's face has turned positively ghastly. He looks worse than he could if he'd just failed to graduate."
"Naturally," murmured Belle. "Poor boy, I'm sorry for him."
"But what's the matter?"
"Did you notice Miss Henshaw's jewelry?"
"Not particularly. I can see, from here, that she's wearing a small diamond in each ear."
"Dave, didn't you see the flat gold band that she wears on the third finger of her left hand?" Belle demanded in a whisper.
"No," confessed Midshipman Darrin innocently. "But what has that to do with—-"