Billie shook her head reproachfully.
“You didn’t really think that, Vi. Not in your heart. Now, let’s get down to business.”
It was so that Laura found them, some time later, heads close together, working out a problem in algebra.
“Say, you two, don’t you know it’s almost time for the supper bell to ring?”
“Don’t bother us!” muttered Vi. “We’ve almost got it. There! There, that’s the right answer, isn’t it, Billie? Did I get it?”
“You did!” Billie’s smile was congratulatory. “And in record time, too. We’re coming on, Vi!”
She glanced up to find Laura’s eyes fixed upon her curiously.
“Billie Bradley, what have you done to Edina? I met her in the hall downstairs. She isn’t the same person at all.”
Billie smiled enigmatically.
“Clothes do make a difference!” she observed.