Now can you beat it ?" finished Elfreda slangily.
"I should say not," cried Grace indignantly.

"I think it was contemptible in them to accept your hospitality and then treat you in that fashion.

No really nice girl would do any such thing, even in fun." "I should say not," sympathized Miriam, forgetting that she did not yearn for J.Elfreda as a roommate.

"What did you do after you discovered your mistake ?" "I left the Register's office, his deeds, and all the rest of that building in pretty short order," continued Elfreda.

"When I reached the street I went straight back to the station and hired a carriage to take me to Ralston House.