She hesitated a moment over the tempting array, but remembering her purpose, grimly passed them by and opened the big dictionary.
Rob found her still poring over it, pencil and paper in hand, when he looked into the room an hour later.
"What's up now ?" he asked.
She evaded his question at first, but, afraid that he would tease her before the girls about her thirst for knowledge and her study of the dictionary, and that that might lead to the thwarting of her plans, she suddenly decided to take him into her confidence.
"Well," she began, solemnly, "you know mostly I loathe dolls.

Sometimes I do dress Hazel Lee's for her, but I don't like to play with them regularly any more as I used to,--talk for them and all that.

But Girlie Dinsmore was here this morning, and I had to do it because she is company.

She had such a good time that she said she was coming over here every single morning while I'm here.

I just can't have my lovely visit spoiled that way.