How on earth did you get out of your costume, go home for your mandolin and manage to land under Miriam's and Elfreda's window, all within half an hour ?" "That's easy.

We brought our instruments of torture with us to the play, and Elfreda agreed to have you girls in her room at the time appointed." "There is fruit punch enough to go round, and dozens of cakes," observed an ingratiating voice over Grace's shoulder.
"We had several more verses to sing, and one for you, Elfreda.

If you will ask Mrs.Elwood's permission, we will come up, sing them and incidentally sample the punch and the cakes," stipulated Gertrude.
There were seven girls in the party of serenaders--Gertrude, Arline, Ruth Denton, the Emerson twins, Elizabeth Wade and Marian Cummings.

When the last cake had disappeared and the punch was almost gone, the serenading party sang the rest of their verses and departed gayly, yet in spite of their gayety there lurked in each heart the shadow of the parting that was to come all too soon..