What could it all mean? It really was most exciting."How can I possibly guess?""I never knew before that I had an enemy," said Janet, in her guarded voice.
"I hate school," she said. "I want to go back to the Castle. Can I go to-day?"
A sense of disappointment was over them all, for the new girl upon whom their present thoughts were centered had not put in an appearance—nothing was said about her—Mrs. Freeman looked as tranquil as usual, Miss Patience as white and anxious, Miss Delicia as good-natured and downy.It would have been impossible for a much colder heart than Dorothy Collingwood's to resist her."O Dolly," they exclaimed, running up to their favorite, "she has come—we have seen her! She is very tall, and—and——"
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"Don't shake me so, Vi, my honey; I'm coming to the exciting place—now then. Well, as I was going up the stairs all quite lonely, and by myself, never a soul within half a mile of me——"
A slight additional color came into Miss Percival's cheeks.