Some one must have put Julia Crosby wise, and that's why she called a meeting at the Omnibus House.

It's an out-of-the-way place, and she thought there was no danger of being disturbed.
"Who could have been mean enough to betray us ?" cried Nora.

"I am sure none of the team did, unless----" Nora stopped short.
She had been on the point of using Miriam's name, but remembered just in time that Miriam's brother was present.
"If we knew the girl who did it, we'd certainly cut her acquaintance," said Reddy Brooks.
"Never again should she bask in the light of our society," said Hippy dramatically.
"None of our friends would do such a thing," said David soberly.

Then, turning to Anne, "What's your opinion on the subject, Queen Anne ?" But Anne could find no answer.

She simply shook her head.
Grace, knowing Anne's feelings over the affair, came to the rescue.
"Anne's opinion and mine are the same.