She was in the car ahead of ours." "Then I shall surely see her before she goes back to Overton.

I suppose she came down purposely to be patted on the back for her big story.

Now begin the terrible tale of how it all happened." Grace began with their meeting of Kathleen West at the Overton station and of their ready acceptance of the newspaper girl for Mabel's sake.
When she told of Kathleen's sudden avoidance of her and the other members of the Semper Fidelis Club, and of her subsequent intimacy with Alberta Wicks and Mary Hampton, Mabel exclaimed impatiently: "Those girls again! They were born trouble-makers, weren't they ?" "But they turned out beautifully," defended Grace, "only I haven't reached that part of my story yet.

It is really a very nice part, only so many disagreeable things happened before it." "I shall never notice Kathleen West again!" was Mabel's indignant cry when Grace had finished the account of Kathleen's attempt to spoil Arline's unselfish Christmas plan.
"You mustn't say that." Grace grew very earnest.

"That was just the reason I didn't wish you to know.