Vi gave a sharp exclamation and sat up, trying to dry her eyes on her pocket handkerchief.
“Oh, it’s you! I didn’t mean any one to catch me at this baby trick, Billie, truly I never did. But I’m so wretched.”
“What about?”
Vi eyed her fiercely and accepted the clean handkerchief that Billie thrust into her hands.
“You, for one thing. You have been perfectly horrid, Billie Bradley, with that wild girl of yours and never having even half an eye for the rest of us——”
“Vi, you silly! I never——”
“Yes, you have! Don’t you suppose I know? And then it’s that wretched math. I—I’ve gone and done it again.”
Vi threatened to dissolve in tears and Billie shook her rudely.
“Done what again? Don’t you dare cry——”
“Failed, of course. What did you suppose? Miss Walters called me into the office to-day and she said, oh, B-Billie—I—I can’t tell you!”