Anne complied obediently.
Nora sat down beside her.
Grace stood eyeing Nora thoughtfully. Then her eyes sparkled. "I'm eligible," she announced as she made a third.
"So am I," declared Jessica a trifle soberly, taking her place at the other end of the row.
"Ladies and no gentlemen," announced Nora, rising and bowing profoundly to the three girls, "the great secret session of the four inseparables is about to begin. Remember, you are not limited to one secret. If you happen to know several, now is the time to tell them. Go ahead, Anne."
Nora seated herself again and with the eyes of her chums fixed expectantly upon her, Anne began the secret session.
CHAPTER V
THE WAY TO PERPETUAL YOUTH
"This isn't a secret that any one told me," stated Anne. "It's something I found out for myself. One of the two persons it concerns doesn't know it yet. Perhaps she will never know."