Grace sprang impulsively forward.

Then, as Arline slipped between the twins, laughingly taking hold of an arm of each, Grace fell back, deciding that she would say nothing.

She would write Arline a note that very night.
True to her resolve, the note was written and sent.

At the end of a week she had received no answer.

Later she was greeted with a cold "good afternoon" and a stiff little bow when she chanced to encounter Arline on the campus.