They asked me my name and all sorts of questions and I told them a little about myself," continued the stout girl pompously.

"They seemed quite impressed, too.
Then one of them said she thought I had better see the registrar before going to Ralston House, for the registrar would be anxious to meet me.
They both said I was quite different from the rest of the new girls, and made such a lot of fuss over me that I invited them into that little shop across from the station to have ice cream." "And then ?" asked Miriam.
"Then," said J.Elfreda impressively, "after they had had two sundaes apiece, at my expense, they played a mean trick on me.

They took me into a big building a little further down the street, down a long hall, and left me sitting on a seat outside what I supposed was the registrar's office.

They said I must wait there and the registrar's clerk would come out and conduct me to the registrar.

They said that it was against the rules to walk into the office and that it was the business of the clerk to come out every half hour and conduct any one who was waiting into the registrar's private office.
"Well, I sat there and sat there.