"Besides, I know of no instance in which either my friends or I have failed in courtesy to you." "How innocent you are!" mimicked Kathleen insolently.

"You must think me very blind.

Remember, I haven't worked for four years on a newspaper without having learned a few things." Grace felt her color rising.

The retort that rose to her lips found its way into speech.

"No doubt your newspaper work has taught you a great deal, Miss West," she said evenly, "but I have not been in college for over two years without having learned a few things, also, of which, if I am not mistaken, you have never acquired even the first rudiments.