"You have all been so good to me.

I couldn't bear to displease my dearest friends, but it would be hard to give up something I knew could result in nothing save good for me." Anne paused and looked at Grace and Miriam with pleading eyes.
"Never mind, dear," comforted Grace.

"We approve of you and all your works.

We are not shocked because you are a genius.

We are sworn advocates of the stage and only too glad to know that it has opened the way to college for you." "Shall you let the fact that you have appeared professionally be known at Overton ?" asked Miriam.
"I shall make no secret of it," returned Anne quietly, "but I won't volunteer any information concerning it." "I wonder what our freshman year at Overton will bring us," mused Grace.
"I have read so many stories about college life, and yet so far Overton seems like an unknown land that we are about to explore.