"I expect to astonish him." "I am reasonably sure that you will," was Miriam's mirthful reply.

"I wish you were coming home with me, instead." "So do I." Elfreda's shrewd eyes grew wistful.

"I know I'd have the best time ever if I went home with you, but I feel as though I ought to go with Laura.

She would have been so disappointed if I had refused her invitation.

That sounds conceited, doesn't it?
But you can see how things are, can't you ?" "I can, indeed," returned Miriam, and the significance of her tone left no doubt in Elfreda's mind regarding her roommate's understanding of things..