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Updated: May 6, 2025
"I hope I am not taking up your time too much, Miss Miss Pevay," said Nancy. "Not at all," laughed the senior. "What is the good of being boss of a 'side' if one has no responsibilities? It's an honor to be captain of the West Side of Pinewood Hall." "Oh! it must be," agreed Nancy, who thought this beautiful girl a very great person indeed. They came to the long room in which the tables were set.
"Morning, Corinne! Morning, Miss Pevay!" were the cries of greeting. "'Good morning, little myrtle-blossoms! Let me tell you mommer's plan!" sing-songed the older girl. "'Do some good to all the folkses' Hullo, Carrie!" "'Good-morn-ing-Car-rie!" sang the crowd of girls at the dining-room door as the captain of the East Side of the Hall appeared Carrie Littlefield.
"Don't ask me! I can't keep run of all Dr. Dudley's boys," laughed Miss Pevay. "Well, I hope Bob Endress has come. He's certainly one nice boy," cried another of the seniors. "Why! he's only a child!" drawled another young lady. "If he is back this fall it is only to begin his junior year." "I don't care," said Corinne. "He really is a nice boy. I agree with Mary."
Nancy waited for a minute to see if she was observed, and then she tossed the bag into the middle of a clump of bushes not far from her window. She believed nobody had seen her. She closed the sash and picked up her cap and coat. She rolled these into as small and compact a bundle as possible and then left the room quietly. Corinne Pevay was coming through the corridor.
Corinne Pevay looked like an angel. And Carrie Littlefield read the valedictory. To the mind of the girl just finishing her freshman year, these great girls real young ladies, now! were so far above her that it almost made her blink to look at them. At Higbee School class after class had been graduated above Nancy, and she had seen the day approach even her own graduation without much excitement.
Of course, Nancy was only a young girl in her first year at Pinewood Hall; and Bob Endress was quite three years her senior. Even Corinne Pevay and Carrie Littlefield showed interest in Bob, although he was only a junior at Dr. Dudley's school. The girls had so many interests among themselves on the ice, however, that they did not seek the boys' society. Besides, this was not altogether approved.
"I was told to see Madame Schakael before having dinner. But I don't know where to find her," confessed Nancy. "Oh, that's easy," cried the other girl. "I'll show you. What is your name, please?" Nancy told her. "I am Corinne Pevay," said the other, pronouncing her name in the French manner. "I am a senior. I hope you will be happy here, Nancy Nelson."
There were only a few girls in the room. Nancy at once saw the Montgomery girl and her friends at one table, but was glad that Miss Pevay did not approach them. Indeed, Corinne took her to one of the senior tables where two or three of the older pupils of Pinewood were grouped.
So when it was suggested that there should be a skating contest on the river one evening just previous to the Christmas holidays, Nancy was urged to participate. Of course, the older girls expected to carry off the palm. Corinne Pevay came from Canada, and one or two other girls lived well up toward the line.
But she left Nancy Nelson feeling almost as though she had deliberately deceived the senior. Would Corinne Pevay have been so friendly and kissed her if she had been aware that Nancy was just "Miss Nobody from Nowhere?" After a little, however, the new girl opened her handbag and took out her toilet articles and her, nightgown, robe, and slippers.
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