Every girl there melted into tears of remorse and sympathy.
"Oh, Grace," cried Marian Barber, "won't you forgive us?
We never dreamed it would hurt you so.

Now that I look back upon it, I can't see how we could have asked you to do it.

We did believe that Miss Pierson betrayed us; but after all, that had nothing to do with your being captain of the team.

I think you have been a great deal more loyal than we have.

I want to say right here, girls, that I apologize to Grace and scratch my name off the list." She took a pencil, dashing it through her signature, which was the first one on the letter.
One by one each of the other girls put a pencil stroke through her name.
Then they pinned on their hats, slipped into their coats and left the room as quickly as possible.