"We mustn't give her up in this fashion." "Then, suggest something," retorted Grace with an impatient frown.
"I will before long," promised Patience.

"I can't think of a single thing now, but the inspiration will come.

Will you all agree to help if I think of something startlingly worth while ?" "I'll consider the matter," was Mabel's dry comment.
The other girls answered in the affirmative, but without enthusiasm.
Grace's almost hostile attitude toward Kathleen had had a potent effect upon them.

Patience, feeling their acquiescence to be perfunctory, said no more on the subject.

There was a perceptible lull in the conversation, then Mabel proposed that Miriam play for them, and the council broke up with alacrity and strolled off to the music room.
"It's time to dress for dinner.