“Well, didn’t you?” asked the Ranger, as she led Wanda off captive.
All sorts of tricks were resorted to with the intention of making the other girls follow Wanda, but they remained firm, and the sheet test as a “curtain raiser” was considered a failure.
The leaders of both clubs who had the candidates in hand, wore masks and long black gowns. These gowns had served many purposes at Glenwood, and were an important part of the girls’ private paraphernalia.
When the candidates were given a first view of the leaders (after being allowed to come from under the sheet), it seemed to Miette she had never beheld anything so strangely funny, and she laughed heartily enough when the penalty for laughing was “raised.” But she was not allowed to speak to the others, and she soon became serious, wondering what was to happen next.
“Number four,” called the Ranger, “make love to the sofa cushion!”
Miette was number four. She looked up inquiringly.
“How?” she asked timidly.
“As they do it in France,” replied the leader.
“But I do not know,” she faltered.
“You must guess,” commanded the one behind the mask.