“His best friend,” she continued, “has a sister, and that sister—do you follow—is an intimate friend——”
“‘An intimate friend of an intimate friend,’” one of the girls interrupted.
“Yes,” said Jessie, “it’s obscure, but perfectly logical. My cousin’s intimate friend’s sister has an intimate friend—Miss Green——”
“Oh, ho!” cried Judy. “Now we are getting down to rock bottom.”
“And Miss Green told her intimate friend who told my cousin’s intimate friend’s sister—it’s a little involved, but I think I have it straight—who told her brother who told my cousin who wrote it to me.”
“But what did he write,” they demanded in a chorus.
“That one of Miss Green’s brothers was crushed on a charming red-headed girl from Kentucky.”
Molly’s face turned crimson.
“But Dodo is crushed on Judy,” she laughed.
“It may be,” said Jessie. “Rumors are most generally twisted.”