"Never, never, never give him up," echoed Miss Prudence in her heart.
"They thought Will Rheid was lost once, but he came back! Linnet didn't give him up, and his father and mother almost did."
"I'd never give him up," said Linnet again, emphatically.
"Will Rheid," teased Marjorie, "or anybody?"
"Anybody," replied Linnet, but she twitched at her work and broke her thread.
"Now, girls, I'm going in to talk to your mother awhile, and then perhaps
Linnet will walk part of the way home with me," said Miss Prudence.
"To talk about that," cried Marjorie.
"I'll tell you by and by."