I paid for them myself." Some one muttered, "Pardon me," but incredulous faces greeted her.
Elnora felt driven.

"Aunt Margaret selected them, and she meant to give them to me," she explained, "but I wouldn't take them.

I paid for them myself." There was silence.
"Don't you believe me ?" panted Elnora.
"Really, it is none of our affair," said another girl.

"Come on, let's go." Elnora stepped before the girl who had spoken.

"You have made this your affair," she said, "because you told a thing which was not true.