"That is the important question.

Anne, you must head the row.

You began this session." Anne complied obediently.
Nora sat down beside her.
Grace stood eyeing Nora thoughtfully.

Then her eyes sparkled.

"I'm eligible," she announced as she made a third.
"So am I," declared Jessica a trifle soberly, taking her place at the other end of the row.
"Ladies and no gentlemen," announced Nora, rising and bowing profoundly to the three girls, "the great secret session of the four inseparables is about to begin.