"They have never treated me fairly," said Berenice. "Every one I meet always tries to make something from me or treats me unfairly."
Erma laughed and the girls followed her fashion.
"They always will, Berenice," she said. "People always find what they are looking for. You always find in every place just what you carry there. You are out looking for trouble, and you will find it waiting around the corner. If you will persist in going about with a chip on your shoulder, you may be sure that someone will take pleasure in knocking it off."
"But the players," cried Emma. "Who are they? When will Miss Watson read the names?"
"I did not hear the names, but I did hear her say that she intended making them public at gym this afternoon."
"I intend to ask Doctor Weldon if I may go over with the girls," said Emma. "Of course, I know that I will not be allowed to play and I don't care much about it. I'd have just as much fun looking on and rooting. I know a dandy lot of girls over there."
"You had better see her early then," said Louise Reed. "She will not grant more than ten extra permissions and I know a number of girls who intend going."
"I'll see her the first thing after luncheon," said Emma. "She will not let us come before one-thirty."
"Whatever you do, Emma, do not get excited and tell Doctor Weldon that you know some 'dandy' girls at Exeter. She will not allow any of us to go if she hears from you that the Exeter girls are of that type. Be careful, Emma."
Emma shrugged her shoulders and tried to look serious, but the effort was a failure, for the dimples came to her cheeks and rippled into smiles. She turned to Mame and asked if she were going.