"Oh, mah! What a privilege! And will Miss Alma be there, with the othah contributors? Ah shall jost expah of envy!"
"She won't be there in person," said Fulkerson, "but she'll be represented by the head of the art department."
"Mah goodness! And who'll the head of the publishing department represent?"
"He can represent you," said Alma.
"Well, Ah want to be represented, someho'."
"We'll have the banquet the night before you appear on the cover of our fourth number," said Fulkerson.
"Ah thoat that was doubly fo'bidden," said Miss Woodburn. "By the stern parent and the envious awtust."
"We'll get Beaton to get round them, somehow. I guess we can trust him to manage that."
Mrs. Leighton sighed her resentment of the implication.
"I always feel that Mr. Beaton doesn't do himself justice," she began.