Funnily enough, I had a craving for home.

I can't think why--just in the middle of the season there! But I'm glad, now, that I came." Her small, piquant face shadowed suddenly.

"I've bad news," she began abruptly, after a pause.

Penelope checked her.
"Hear mine first," she said quickly.

And launched into an account of the happenings of the last three days--Nan's quarrel with Roger, her sudden rush up to town and unexpected meeting with Peter at Maryon's studio, and finally the distraught condition in which she had discovered her last night after Peter had gone.
"Oh, Penny! How dreadful! How dreadful it all is!" exclaimed Kitty pitifully, when the other had finished.