"What news?"
"That mucker crowd, who call themselves Dick &s Co., have been invited."
"There's no harm in that, is there?" asked Clara Deane, quietly. "Why, they're quite popular young fellows; certainly the best-liked freshmen."
"Well, I don't like them," retorted Fred, sullenly.
"And so, after inviting me to go to the ball with you, now you're going to invite me to remain at home instead?"
"Oh, of course, if you really want to go, I'll see about it," muttered the sophomore.
But he didn't see about it, nor did Clara Deane again refer to the matter. However, being an enterprising girl, Miss Deane was not long in discovering that Fred was not going to the senior affair for the very good reason that he couldn't possibly get himself written down on the invitation list.
Apart from the moral side of the question it is rarely worth while to lie—-to a girl, especially.