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en minutes to--" But just then Betty gave a little cry of delight. "Oh-oo! Just listen to this!" she cried. "Father says we are to go to the shore this summer just for a change, and already he has rented the summer place." She clapped her hands, and laughed with sheer happiness. "Oh, I'm so glad to hear that to-night. I do believe I'll dream about it," she said. The half-hour for social chat was over, and dinner was half through when Patricia and Arabella entered the dining-room. All eyes were turned upon them. Patricia held her chin very high, and looked as if she were thinking: "I know I'm late, but what of that?" She was assuming a boldness that she did not feel, whereas Arabella was absolutely natural. She felt frightened, and looked--just as she felt. "Wouldn't you like to know what they wished?" whispered Valerie, to which Betty whispered in reply: "I'd like to know, but they wouldn't tell us." It was a fixed rule at Glenmore that the pupils must be present at the social half-hour, and then be sure of being prompt at six, the dinner hour. Patricia and Arabella were the first to break that rule. * * * * * There was to be a week's vacation, and all but four of the pupils were to spend it at home. They were Patricia and Arabella, Dorothy, and Nancy. Mrs. Dainty and Aunt Charlotte were still traveling, and Mrs. Vane had asked Vera to bring Dorothy and Nancy home with her for the week. Already they had planned enough pleasure to last a month, and Vera was still racking her busy brain to think of other things that they might do. The pupils were welcome to remain at Glenmore if they wished, and Patricia had decided that that was just what she would do. Arabella had hesitated. She was fond of her father, and she had intended to go home for the week, but Patricia had declared that they would stay at Glenmore, and Arabella was no match for Patricia, so it was settled that they would remain at the school. The week at Vera's home opened charmingly. Mrs. Vane had given the week over to Vera and her three little guests. "It isn't quite a week," she said when she greeted them, "for you have arrived Monday afternoon, and you must leave Saturday morning. That gives us Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday, and we must make each day delightful." "It always is delightful here," said Dorothy, "and it seemed so good to come to you when mother was away." Mr
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