Disagreeable thoughts would come, and try as she might she could not drive them away.

She had been snubbed and she could not forget it.

Giving herself a little impatient shake she turned her attention to her theme and went on writing rapidly.

Half an hour later she folded it neatly, placed it inside one of her books, and went slowly upstairs.

She found Miriam, Anne and Elfreda seated on the floor deep in tea drinking.