"Yes? It really is an honour then, you think?"
"A very great one, I imagine. Isn't it, Miss Pym?"
"Very."
"Oh, well. I am glad of it. It is sad to think of her wasting the years in a girls' school, but if it is an honour for her, then I am glad."
"For whom?" Lucy asked.
"For Innes, of course."
"Were you not at lunch today?" asked Lucy, puzzled.
"No. Rick came with the car and we went over to the Saracen's Head at Beauminster. Why? What has that to do with this school affair?"
"It isn't Innes who is going to Arlinghurst."
"Not Innes! But they all said she was. Everyone said so."