"Then perhaps learning to defer to each other will be good practice for both of us," suggested Miriam.
"Perhaps it will, but I doubt if we ever practise it," was the discouraging retort.
"I'll notify my sister that you are to be here, Miss Briggs," broke in Mrs. Elwood. "Then I'll see that this room is made ready for two. Thank you, Miss Nesbit." She turned gratefully to Miriam.
"All right," answered J. Elfreda indifferently. "You can fix it up if you want to, but I warn you that I'll probably buy my own furniture and throw out all this." She waved a comprehensive hand at the despised furniture.
"You are at liberty to make whatever changes you wish," Mrs. Elwood responded rather stiffly, and without further remark left the room.
"She didn't like my remark about her furniture," commented the stout girl, "but I'm not
worrying about it. It's funny that I should run into you girls, though. What kind of a time have you been having here, and did you pass all your exams?"
The girls replied in the affirmative, then Grace asked the same question of Elfreda.
"Of course," was the laconic answer. "I had a tutor all summer, besides I told you on the train that I wasn't a wooden head."
"Where did you stay until you went to Ralston House?" asked Anne. "We saw you go away from the station with two girls when you left the train, and we've seen you twice at a distance during examinations, but this is the first chance we've had to talk with you."