Now, don't ever tell any one what I have said." "I'm sorry she didn't tell the truth," said Grace disapprovingly.

"Why couldn't she say that she had not been invited ?" "False pride," commented Miriam.

"She evidently isn't so indifferent to the opinion of others as she would have us believe." "She is a strange girl," mused Anne.

"Perhaps she is not altogether to blame for her odd ways." "'Odd' is a good name for them," jeered Elfreda.

"I wouldn't call it 'odd,' I'd use a stronger word than that.