“Never saw such an ungrateful wretch in my life. Talk about throwing pearls before swine! She never even knew what it meant to be taken up by Billie Bradley.”
“I doubt if she knows now.” Billie paused and said “ouch” as a stretched ligament protested sharply.
“Well, she will before she has been at Three Towers much longer,” prophesied Vi. “Personally, I can’t bear the girl and I hope she gets everything that’s coming to her.”
Billie frowned, partly with pain at her cuts and bruises, partly in disapproval of Vi’s uncompromising attitude.
“I’m sure I can’t feel that way about her. The girl saved my life and I owe her something for that.”
“So do we,” said Laura promptly. “But did you notice how she flung my thanks back in my face?”
“Appears to be a habit with her,” remarked Vi flippantly.
“It looks to me as though the girl had been hurt past bearing by the persecution and ridicule of some of the girls at the Hall. She has pride and spirit and is ready to strike out at everybody.”
“It seems to me I detect Amanda Peabody’s fine hand in this,” observed Laura. “Amanda would enjoy nothing better than a cat-and-mouse game with a girl like Edina Tooker.”
“She seems to be poor——”