Virginia gathered from the tone that “plain peeved” must mean something akin to jealous. But she was so happy that she forgot all about Navajos.
“I’m so glad I’m going to room with you,” she couldn’t help saying. “I knew I’d like you the moment you got on the train, and I like you better every minute!”
Priscilla in her turn was embarrassed. She was not used to such frankness of speech, especially on first acquaintance. But very likely the manner of speaking in Wyoming, just as Virginia’s speech, so full of r’s was different from her own. And she was ready to go half-way at least.
“Why,” she stammered, “I—I’m—sure I’m glad, and I—I—know I’ll like you, too.” Which was quite an admission for a member of the conservative Winthrop family to make to a stranger!
CHAPTER VI—ST. HELEN’S AND THE HERMITAGE
St. Helen’s lay a mile west of the station, and half a mile from the village itself, through whose quiet, elm-shaded streets they were soon driving in the big, open carriage. The girls pointed out to Virginia the places of especial interest—the little white church which they attended on Sundays; Mrs. Brown’s cottage, where pumpkin pies and “heavenly chocolate cake” might be purchased, if not too frequently; and, chief of attractions, the “Forget-me-not,” whose sundaes, once eaten, were never forgotten.
At the little post-office, another girl joined them, and was in turn embraced quite as rapturously by Priscilla and Dorothy as Mary had been. She was introduced to Virginia as Anne Hill, Mary’s roommate, and another Senior.
“The two sharks and faculty pets of St. Helen’s,” observed Dorothy, supplementing the introduction, and including Mary and Anne with a wave of her pretty hand,
Virginia had not the vaguest idea of what a shark might be. Most apparently, not a fish; but she saw that Dorothy’s remark embarrassed both Mary and Anne. She liked Anne at once. She was rather short and plump, with a sweet face and soft Southern accent.
“She comes from Virginia,” Priscilla said in a whisper to her new room-mate, as they drove along.