"Let's study until ten, and then go straight to bed." Ten o'clock stretched well toward eleven before Grace put down her text book with a tired little sigh and declared herself too sleepy for further study.
It had been arranged that Miriam should occupy the one room of the suite while Grace and Anne were to share the other, which had two beds.

The long journey by rail had tired the travelers far more than they would admit.

For a few moments, after retiring, conversation flourished between the two rooms, then died away in indistinct murmurs, and the prospective Overton freshmen slept peacefully as though safe in their Oakdale homes..