“Yes,” said Mary, loudly. She was glad to say it, too. Some of the girls giggled.
“Take out your English books for grammar, oral,” commanded Miss Allen. “Betty Peters, you may conjugate the verb ‘to love.’”
So Betty began: “Present tense, indicative mood: I love; thou lovest; he loves; we love; you love,” and then with her eyes upon Mary and Laura she ended, “they love.”
Everybody in the class laughed for there was Laura with her arm around Mary and both of them were laughing and crying, too.
“Buttinski did it,” smiled Miss Allen. “I hope nobody else in this class will have a quarrel. Now, we’re going to forget that there ever was such a thing, aren’t we, Laura and Mary?”
Together they both said, “Yes, I’m sorry!”