Wherever anything was going on, especially of a secret nature, Amanda and "The Shadow" were sure to be prying about, saying mean little things, forcing the girls to move over to some other place where they could be private for a little while.
And now here they were again!
"What do you want?" asked Rose, not noticing the two who had come in after her. Rose's voice was not very pleasant, for she was beginning to show her growing dislike of Billie openly.
"Nothing just now," Billie answered, looking behind Rose to where Amanda and "The Shadow" stood, apparently talking together, yet listening to every word that was being said. "I'll tell you later."
Amanda looked up and her mean little eyes twinkled angrily.
"Don't mind us," she said. "If we're in the way, of course we'll get out. Come on, Eliza," and with their noses in the air she and "The Shadow" sailed out of the room.
"Some day I'm going to kill 'em," said Laura, glaring ferociously at the closed door.
"Go on. What were you going to tell me?" drawled Rose, turning to the mirror and eyeing her pretty reflection with satisfaction.
"You'd better not say anything, Billie," Nellie Bane warned her. "They're probably listening at the keyhole or something."
"It must be horrid to hate everybody and have everybody hate you," mused Connie, smoothing back her pretty hair.