“Oh, now Lilian and Phil are going to be married!” exclaimed Hilary. “Funny that she has not said so to me!”
Betty shook her head. “Guess again,” said she.
“Dick and Louise Van Ness,” said Helen.
“But they would not want us to be bridesmaids.”
“I see a dawning intelligence on Hilary’s face,” laughed Betty. “It is, Hilary, it’s Cathalina.”
“Cathalina!” exclaimed Helen.
“Bless her heart, it was his wound that did it,” said Eloise.
“I can’t read you all the letter, and yet I know in my bones that she will tell you all about it when you see her. Cathalina is shy about some things, you know.”
“Cathalina!” exclaimed Helen again. “Now I would have said that Lilian would be the first and Hilary the second bride, unless Betty, possibly,——”
Helen was looking at Eloise as she spoke, and Eloise assented to her statement.