"That is just like Mother Rosalie," said Marion. "She is willing to trust us, and leaves us to our own resources, so that if we succeed all the credit will be ours. Now we must draw up a plan. Shall we decide upon a plot, and then each work out a portion of it?"
"Oh, dear, I never could think of anything!" declared one.
"I should not know how to manage the dialogue. My characters would be perfect sticks," added a second.
"I can't even write an interesting letter," lamented some one else.
"I respectfully suggest that Marion and Ellen be requested to compose the drama," said the first speaker, with mock ceremony.
"I agree with all my heart!" cried one.
"And I,"—"and I!" chimed in the others.
"It is a unanimous vote," continued their spokesman, turning to the young ladies in question, with a low bow.
"But we shall have all the work," objected Marion.
"No: we will take a double share at the rehearsals, and they will be no small part of the trouble."