Her smile of recollection was reflected in the faces of her friends.
"That reminds me," remarked Nora, "I have something to tell you girls too." "Let's have a 'secret' session," proposed Jessica.

"Every one who wishes to attend must be ready to tell a secret the moment we sit down on the steps." "'A secret is a secret, only, when known to three persons, two of which are dead,'" quoted Anne mischievously.
"These secrets mustn't be the heart-to-heart, keep-it-to-yourself-forever kind," stipulated Nora.

"They mustn't be of the complex variety either.

Dark secrets are also strictly tabooed from this session." "Stop laying down rules and regulations," laughed Grace, "and let us form our secret row.

I am eaten up with curiosity to know what Anne and Nora know." "Are you eligible ?" quizzed Nora.