In her keen disappointment she was quite unconscious how much pathetic emphasis she laid upon "to-day."
"To-morrow, then?" said Walter, instantly. "Could you not slip away from that terrible Dollie to-morrow?"
She looked at him, her eyes shining, her lips trembling with pleasure.
"Yes, if you went at noon," she said; "if later—no."
"Why not later?" asked Violet, curiously.
"Because I must help with the milking then," she answered, simply.
"We will go at noon, then," said Walter at once. "We will call for you punctually, and you must be ready."
"Young ladies are never ready when called for," said Ronald Valchester, with his slight smile.
"I will prove the exception to the rule," Jaquelina answered, brightly, while Violet said to herself in wonder:
"What in the world will she wear? I do wonder why mamma insists upon having us patronize Jaquelina Meredith. She is not in our set, and she hasn't a decent thing to wear! It is strange she doesn't have the good sense to understand it herself and decline our invitations."