Then we will see about escorting you safely to your boarding place.

Have you taken your examinations yet ?" "No," replied Miriam.

"We have that ordeal before us." Her face relaxed under the friendly courtesy accorded to them by this attractive stranger.

She then introduced Grace and Anne.

Their new acquaintance shook hands with the two girls, then said gayly, "Now tell me your name." Miriam complied with the request, then stated that through a friend of her mother's they had engaged a suite of rooms at the Tourraine, an apartment hotel in Overton, until their fate should be decided.
"The Tourraine is the nicest hotel in Overton," stated Mabel.