“What do you think, Hilary?”
“I feel this way about it. Isabel and Avalon are satisfied to be with us. If we take in the other two it may make two groups of us. It seems to me that the younger girls might wait till later, till next year any way. About the two others, at first I thought I did not want to make any change at all. We want this to be a group of intimate friends. But on second thought I changed my mind. Dorothy and Jane are strong girls and we do not know surely that they will be back next year, so I’m for taking them in if they’ll come.”
“That is what Pauline and Juliet think. Helen did not know, but said that she was willing to do what the other girls wanted. It has to be unanimous, you know. Come to our suite, then, either before or after dinner, which?”
“After, if you don’t mind,” said Hilary, “before we begin anything. I have to finish my French composition now and do a little other work, or I’ll not be able to get through tomorrow. Every minute of study hours tonight is planned for. But after dinner we’ll be care-free for a little while.”
The other girls indicating their approval, Eloise fixed the time as suggested. “I’ll go to see Isabel and Avalon now,” said she.
In due time, a circle of smiling faces surrounded Eloise, who called the meeting to order.
“We have talked this matter over pretty well among us,” said Eloise, after stating why she called them together. “Will somebody make a motion?”
“I move,” said Hilary, “that we make Dorothy Appleton and Jane Mills members of the club and so notify them. Are there any remarks?”
“We’ll have to have an initiation, won’t we?” said Isabel, in happy anticipation of such an event. No other remarks forthcoming, the motion was put and carried unanimously.
“Nobody’s said a word to the girls,” said Lilian. “Who’ll ask them?”