Anne and Jessica sat with three or four of the girls who had refused to pay any attention to the talk about Anne.

A dozen or more of Miriam's flock sat together watching for the appearance of their favorite.

Occasionally they glanced over toward Anne, whispered to each other, and then giggled in a way that made Anne wince and Jessica feel like ordering them out of the gallery.
Grace and Nora stood talking together at one end of the gymnasium.

Grace kept an anxious eye on the clock.

It was five minutes of two and Miriam had not arrived.