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Please do not come up on this floor again. I will keep you advised as to her condition. Do not make yourself unhappy about it. I know that you are very anxious." "Oh, I am, Mrs. Goodwin. Awfully awfully anxious! You see " she hesitated "I am responsible for Carita's being here, and if there's anything very much the matter, I ought to send for my aunt."
"Well it wasn't Peggy it was Fraulein! Didn't you hear her scream? It was enough to wake the dead. Miss North came running and Miss Martin she's on this floor too, now, and " Carita's grief had suddenly turned to mirth. She rocked back and forth in her chair shaking with laughter. "Oh, Blue Bonnet, you couldn't have helped laughing to save you it was perfectly killing.
"Why my Mr. Judson?" Blue Bonnet interrupted. "He's Carita's cousin that's why I asked him to-night. I was awfully disappointed that Alec Trent couldn't come." Annabel gave a little low laugh. "He's the one you're sort of a sister to, isn't he? Well he's very nice, but I should choose Mr. Judson for a life study I think. There's something sort of splendid and inspiring about him.
Whether it was natural grace or real hypnotism in the "Hypnotic Whirl," I was surprised to see on Carita's face something that looked strangely akin to jealousy. It was as though some other woman had usurped her prerogative. She leaned over to speak to Errol with the easy familiarity of an old admirer. I could not hear what was said and perhaps it was inconsequential.
It was the next afternoon after Blue Bonnet's interview with Joy Cross that she ran up to Carita's room to chat a moment during visiting hour. "Whew!" Mary Boyd said, blowing into the room breezily and tossing an armful of books into the middle of her bed, "what's up? There's been a Faculty meeting. The seats of the mighty were filled to overflowing.
You could consult him then. It would be very unwise to get Carita's hopes up and then disappoint her." Blue Bonnet had not thought of this. "But I shall ask him the minute he comes," she assured her aunt as she left the room, taking the catalogue with her. "Just the very minute! I know what he'll say, too, Aunt Lucinda.
She was sitting listlessly in a chair by the window, looking a bit forlorn. "What's the matter, Carita?" Blue Bonnet inquired. "Nothing." "Nothing? You look as if you had the blues." "No only " "Only what?" Tears welled in Carita's eyes. "Only what, dear?" Blue Bonnet's arms were round her. "I reckon it's just a touch of homesickness. It's seeing the girls packing to go home.
There are some people you can't spoil." "I wouldn't advise you to try too hard," Carita laughed. They stopped first at Blue Bonnet's room, which was two floors below Carita's. "I don't like your being so far away from me, at all," Blue Bonnet said, as she turned on the light and laid her coat and hat on the bed. "That's a silly rule having the younger girls all together on one floor.
You see, I want a room with a bath, and you have to be a Sophomore to get it." "I see. An incentive, isn't it?" "This is a fairly good room, don't you think? It's the best on the floor. Carita's lucky that is, as far as the room goes. My room-mate was called home three weeks before Christmas. Her mother died. Poor little Nell!"
"Where are you going, Blue Bonnet?" "To the Infirmary, of course. Let me go." "No, no, you can't! It's strictly against the rules. Carita's quarantined. They've sent for the doctor." The word quarantined sent a fresh chill to Blue Bonnet's heart. "Rules or no rules, I'm going to Carita." But Mary held her fast. "Oh, no, Blue Bonnet, please, please don't! It will get you in trouble. Go find Mrs.
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