"She says she is deeply insulted because we didn't invite her, but that she didn't intend to come, at any rate.

There's a shining example of consistency for you!" "Who on earth told her about the meeting ?" said Jessica.

"We didn't wait to ask her to-day." "I shall have to confess that I am the guilty one," said Eva Allen.

"You didn't say anything to Miriam, Marian and me about Eleanor, and when I left the locker-room I went back upstairs after a book I had forgotten.
I met Eleanor on the stairs and told her about the meeting, and that you were waiting in the locker-room for her.

You must have left before she got there, and, of course, she thought you did it purposely." "Oh, dear, what a mess," sighed Grace.