"A thing isn't much lost if you know where to look, goosie," answered Maurice.
"You see, it is partly pretend," Rosalind explained. "I think it is a beautiful idea, don't you, boys?" she asked.
"Maurice, are you going to promise to bear hard things bravely?" Jack asked, with a quizzical look. It seemed to tickle him greatly, for he went off into a fit of laughing. "'See, the conquering hero comes,'" he hummed.
Maurice pave him a thump with his crutch. "You aren't much of a hero, either," he said. "Who took the roof off when his tooth was pulled?"
"But that hurt," said Jack, still laughing.
"I am willing to own I have been making an awful fuss, but someway I hadn't thought about it, and I am willing to try if the rest are."
"But I haven't any trouble," said Katherine.
"Everybody has hard things to bear sometimes," replied Rosalind.
"Doesn't Maurice ever snub you?" asked irrepressible Jack.
"What shall we call our society?" Rosalind inquired, looking around the group for suggestions.