"Why, there is Lucy Merriman!" she said.
Lucy heard the voice, and looked up.
"Is Rosamund coming down? I am waiting for her," she said.
Jane turned at once to Rosamund.
"Lucy is waiting for you. Was it with Lucy you meant to walk? She wants to know if you are going down."
"Tell her I am not going down," replied Rosamund.
"She can't go down to-night," said Jane. "She has a headache."
"I wish you wouldn't give excuses of that sort," said Rosamund in an angry voice when her friend put in her head once more. "What does it matter to Lucy Merriman whether I have a headache or not?"
Jane stared at her friend in some astonishment.
"I do not understand you, nor why you wanted to walk with her. I thought you did not like her."