“It won’t be wasted. You’ll see.”
“What will your folks say?” asked Pauline. “You’re the daughter of a country minister, aren’t you? People will talk—”
“Let them! I won’t care if I’m beautiful.”
“You’re impossible!” Flo exclaimed. “How old are you, anyway? You ought to be at home going to school.”
Clarissa wouldn’t tell her age. She wouldn’t tell anything more about herself or her plans. Judy was looking forward to the TV interviews. The guide might ask Clarissa some leading questions.
CHAPTER IV
Strange Questions
“We’re supposed to be finding out things on this tour,” complained Judy as they stopped to look in on another studio, “but I keep thinking about my hair. I’m like you, Clarissa. I want to rush right out and buy a bottle of that golden hair wash. But why? I’d never use it.”
“Maybe you want to buy it for Irene,” Flo suggested.
“I don’t really. That’s just it. I don’t want to buy it at all, and yet I feel compelled to try it. Why?”