"Hurrah! I second the motion," cried Katherine Williams.
"All those in favor of this motion will please say 'aye'," said the President.
"Aye," burst from the throats of the eight friends, Otoyo's shrill high note sounding with the others.
"Hurrah for our President," cried Molly, dancing around the room in an excess of happiness.
"Unitus et concordia," said Edith gravely.
"It's really Molly that's transformed O'Reilly's into Queen's," continued Margaret, who had a generous, big way of saying things when she chose. "It's Molly who has kept us all together. With Molly and Nance and Judy gone, Queen's would have been a different place."
"It would! It would!" they cried. "Three cheers for Molly Brown!"
"'Here's to Molly Brown, drink her down!
Here's to dear old Queen's, drink her down.'"
Through the din of singing and cheering, there came a loud knocking at the door and a voice cried:
"Open in the name of the law!"