“But we’re not going home,” Janet reminded her companion. “Have you forgotten about the roller skating party at Youde’s?”
Helen flushed. “To tell the truth, I had. I’ve been thinking so much about the play I completely forgot the party.”
“Better not. It will be lots of fun.”
“I don’t know whether I ought to go. If I do, I won’t have much time to study over my tryout part.”
“There’ll be an hour after school and you haven’t more than two paragraphs to memorize.”
“I know them now,” said Helen.
“Then come on and go to the party. The bus is leaving school at five o’clock. We’ll be at Youde’s in an hour and there’ll be a hot supper and the skating party afterward.”
“It’s snowing hard,” observed Helen, gazing out into the swirling grey.
“You think of everything,” expostulated Janet. “Of course, it’s snowing, but the road to Youde’s is paved part of the way. If it gets too thick we can turn around and come back.”
Both Janet and Helen had one open period in the afternoon which came at the same hour and they went into the library to study their tryout parts.