It will take me years to find my place and get solidly on my feet I could never ask a girl to wait as long as that!" In the early evening Laura, Belle and Mrs.Bentley were on the veranda near the hotel entrance.

Cadets Jordan and Douglass made their appearance.

Jordan had obtained official permission to present Douglass to his sister, who was to go to the hop that evening.
"By Jove, there's a spoony femme (pretty girl) over there," breathed Jordan in Douglass' ear.

"You don't happen to know her, do you ?" "Why, yes, that's Miss Bentley, and the other is Miss Meade.
The chaperon is Miss Bentley's mother," replied Cadet Douglass.
"You know them ?" throbbed Jordan, his eyes resting eagerly on Laura's face.

"What luck! Present me, old chap!" So Douglass, who, in some respects, had a bad memory, piloted his classmate over to the ladies and halted.
"Good evening, ladies," greeted Douglass, raising his uniform cap in his most polished manner.