"I can't share your sorrow," replied Janet. "If her punishment, whatever it is, deprives us of her charming society for a few days, it will be a boon to the entire school. I noticed that she was absent from dinner, and I will own I have not had a pleasanter meal for some time."
"Well, Marshall is unhappy about her," replied Dorothy. "She said that Bridget would not touch her dinner. I don't exactly know what Mrs. Freeman means to do about her, but the poor girl is a prisoner in Miss Patience's dull little sitting room for the present."
"Hurrah! Hurrah! Long may she stay there! Now, do let us drop this tiresome subject. We have only ten minutes to ourselves before the rest of the committee arrive, and that point with regard to Evelyn Percival must be arranged. Come, Dorothy, let us race each other to the Lookout!"
CHAPTER VII. WHO IS TO PROVIDE THE NEEDFUL?
Fast as they ran, however, the two girls were not the first at the place of rendezvous. Olive and Ruth, and another girl of the name of Frances Murray, were all waiting for them when they arrived.
These three girls, with Janet and Dorothy, were the members of the committee who were managing all the affairs of the Fancy Fair.
The subject now to be brought under discussion was whether Evelyn Percival, the head girl of the school, should be asked to join the committee.
Janet was very much opposed to the idea; the other girls, for more reasons than one, were in favor of it.