“I must have that recipe. What makes it so light?”
“The whites of eggs beaten very stiff, and the rest of it is just melted brown sugar. It’s very easy,” added Molly, forming a resolution to make the President a plate of “cloudbursts” without loss of time.
“Who is the third girl who shares this apartment with you?” asked Miss Walker, unexpectedly coming back to business.
“Julia Kean.”
“And where is she to-day?”
Nance hesitated.
“She is sick in bed to-day, Miss Walker.”
“Ahem! Cold, I suppose?”
“It’s more excitement than anything else,” put in Molly. “The junior play——”
“Oh, yes. She was ‘Viola,’ of course,” said the President.