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Eustice will expect all of us that have had 'em to come." There was an exciting conclave at Fairfields that evening. Perhaps I should say two. For in one room given over by the good-natured Mrs. Littell to the young folks there was a most noisy conclave while the older members of the household held a more quiet if no less earnest conference in the library.
"Ada Nansen! Are you the girl they say brought five trunks and three hat boxes?" "Well, they're little ones!" said the girl sitting opposite Betty. "I wanted to bring three wardrobe trunks, but mother thought Mrs. Eustice might make a fuss." So the girl's name was Ada Nansen.
Eustice would send her home if she knew." "And serve Libbie right for being such an idiot!" pronounced Bob severely. "However, I think she has been pretty thoroughly punished through fear. I only wish you'd told me this before, Betty, because I know exactly how you can deal with Ada." "You do?
Eustice and Miss Prettyman would say to such provender," said Louise when the party, the boys helping, returned with the spoils of the lunch-room. "How about calories and dietetics, and all that?" "We may be hungry enough before we see a regular meal in a dining-car or a hotel to forget all about such things," Uncle Dick said seriously. "There! We are starting already.
"I see no reason, my dear," she said graciously when she heard of the morning's visit, "why you should not go. Get the consent of your chaperone and then settle on the afternoon. How many of you are invited?" "Seven," answered Betty truthfully. "But I want Constance Howard to go, Mrs. Eustice. The boys didn't know about her.
"The Gordon boys and Eustice and Norman and Ben are as poor as can be; they want the money for themselves, and Will says they jumped at the chance to earn it. Don't you see, it will keep that much out of the dramatic fund, and Jack could just as well have appointed boys who could have been glad to turn over the money to the school. Will calls it a disgusting lack of class spirit."
Crawford had been finely educated and even the prospect of being an invalid for life had not made her relax her hold on intellectuality. She had been a delightful friend to her boys and they were proud enough of her, but Zay would always be her supreme darling. Some of the last exercises and conditions were marked off the next day. Madame Eustice and two of the girls went home.
"Well," said Betty, slowly, "I didn't promise I wouldn't tell only that I wouldn't tell Bobby or Mrs. Eustice. It's Libbie who has to have the money." She sketched Libbie's story for him rapidly, Bob listening in silence. At the end he asked a single question. "Have you any of those notes asking for money?" "Here's one."
"Yes, it's empty," echoed Betty, stepping out from behind the bush. "And you are to give the money back to me, and Libbie's note with it." "Is that so?" said Ada contemptuously. "I have something to say about that. I intend to see that that note reaches the proper person Mrs. Eustice." Betty took a step nearer, her dark eyes blazing.
She knew that impulsive novel-reading Libbie went about with her pretty head filled with all sorts of trashy ideas, and she didn't know what lengths she might have gone to. If Mrs. Eustice would expel her, the affair must be serious indeed. "I'll promise," said Betty rashly. "Tell me everything, Libbie, and if I can I'll help you." "Well, you remember when we went nutting?" said Libbie.
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