You'll be in her class." Wollaston spoke with a protective warmth for which Maria was very grateful.
She had a very successful although somewhat confused day.

She was asked this and that and led hither and yon, and so surrounded by strange faces and sights that she felt fairly dizzy.

She felt more herself at luncheon, when she sat beside Maud Page in the dining-hall, with Wollaston opposite.

There was a restaurant attached to the academy, for the benefit of the out-of-town pupils.
When Maria went down to the station to take her train for home, Maud Page was there, and Wollaston.

There was a long time to wait.