Ever since the last days of her junior year, when Alberta Wicks had made plain what seemed obscure in the case of Kathleen West, Grace had experienced a generous desire to recompense the newspaper girl for the fancied slight she had received at their hands.
Toward Grace and her three friends Kathleen still preserved the same antagonistic attitude.

So far Grace had been unable to discover any way in which at least a semblance of friendly relations might be established.

The idea of asking Kathleen to join the club had suddenly occurred to her, and in her usual impetuous fashion she had given voice to it.

Arline's sharp "no" was in the nature of a dash of cold water to impulsive Grace, and she now regarded her friend with troubled eyes.
"Why are you so bitter against Kathleen ?" she asked.

"You have no personal grievance against her, have you ?" "You know perfectly well that she tried to prevent the club from giving the bazaar, and you know of other contemptible things she has done.