She was taken sick during the Christmas vacation, and had to stay out of school all last term.

It nearly broke her heart to drop behind her class, and she still grieves over it every day.

The doctors forbade her taking extra work to catch up with it.

Then so much is expected of an only child like her, who has had so many advantages, and it is no easy matter living up to all the expectations of a family like the old Colonel's." Betty's back was turned to the terraces, but Dora, who faced them, happened to look up just then.

"There she comes now," she cried in alarm.