“Nobody!” exclaimed Tom, as he got up from the couch and started from the room. “I’m not going to the affair, after all,” and he slammed the door as he went out.
“Whew!” whistled Phil. “Tom’s jealous!”
[CHAPTER XXIX]
A STRANGE DISCOVERY
The Kappa Delta dance was a brilliant affair. Phil took Madge, and very charming she looked in a new gown of—oh, well, what difference does it make what her dress was like, anyhow? Besides, I don’t know whether it was bombazine or chiffon, and the more I try to describe it the worse I will get tangled, so if you’ll take my word for it, as well as Phil’s, who ought to know, she looked very pretty indeed. The girls said she was “sweet,” whatever that means.
“Isn’t Ruth coming?” asked Phil of his partner after the first waltz.
“Why, I thought so,” answered Madge slowly. “She was getting ready to come when I left.”
“Who with?”