9/16 That word club has an ugly sound. It makes me nervous." "Never mind, Hippy," said Miriam. I'll protect you." "Nora, go away, I am protected!" exclaimed Hippy, and, getting behind Miriam, he peered forth at Nora with such a ludicrous expression that she laughed, and immediately declared a truce by allowing him to sit on the rustic seat beside her. The girls in their dainty white graduating gowns, their eyes alight with the joy of youth, and the young men with their clean-cut, boyish faces made a picture that Mrs.Nesbit viewed with a feeling of pleasure that was akin to pain. |