“No; I’ve only just met your aunt.”
“My, to think what I missed knowing about Greycliff besides looking forward to having somebody I knew here!”
Cathalina and the other girl had been exchanging amused glances and now introductions became general.
“This is my roommate,” said Hilary, “Cathalina Van Buskirk, from New York.”
“And this is my friend, Eloise Winthrop,” returned Grace. “I hope she is going to get into our suite this year, but it isn’t decided yet.”
“We are just exploring,” said Hilary. “I was tired of unpacking.”
“Come on, then, we’ll go with you if you don’t mind. There is hardly time before luncheon to take you through the grove or down to the beach, but we can look around a little.”
The girls paired off, Grace with Hilary, Eloise with Cathalina, arm in arm. Eloise’s heavy, dark hair was braided about her head and crowned with a bright scarlet bow. Her face was full of animation and her light, active figure was a match for Cathalina’s grace, but Eloise had the suppressed energy and nervous force that Cathalina seemed to have lost. As she talked to Cathalina she frequently turned to look at her with a pair of starry brown eyes which quite stirred Cathalina into a lively enjoyment of her present adventures.
Crossing the lawn in front, they stopped a moment at the fountain where two plump cupids were catching water in a sea shell.
“That building so close to Greycliff Hall is Randolph Hall,” explained Grace, as they strolled by. “It was named in honor of Miss Randolph’s uncle, because he gave a lot of money to endow the school. Almost all the recitation rooms are there, and the hall where we have chapel and other doings. Over there is the Gym and the Domestic Science building. And there are the stables and riding pavilion.”