"So far I haven't been imbued with what one might call college atmosphere," remarked Miriam, after the dinner had been ordered and the waiter had hurried off to attend to their wants.
"I felt a certain amount of enthusiasm while those upper class girls were with us, but it has vanished," said Anne. "I am just a professional staying at a hotel."
"I imagine we won't begin to regard ourselves as being a part of Overton College until after we have tried our examinations and found an abiding place in some one of the college houses. I hope we shall be able to get into a campus house. I have always understood that it is ever so much nicer to be on the campus. We really should have made arrangements before-hand, and if we hadn't waited until the last moment to decide to what college we wished to go we might be cosily settled now."
"Perhaps we are only fulfilling our destiny," smiled Miriam Nesbit.
"Perhaps," agreed Grace in a doubtful tone. "Once we are in our hall or boarding house I dare say we will shake off this feeling of constraint and become genuine Overtonites."
"Had we better study to-night?" inquired Grace as they made their way from the hotel dining room.
"I think it would be a wise proceeding,"
agreed Miriam. "I want to go over my French verbs."
"So do I," echoed Grace. "Let's study until ten, and then go straight to bed."