If she isn't there you had better change your gown and go downstairs with me." "She isn't there," reported Grace, five minutes later.

"Miss Taylor is, but her roommate is missing." "'Parted at the altar,'" quoted Elfreda dramatically.

"Will you please unhook me ?" For the second time that night Grace busied herself with the troublesome hooks and eyes.

Elfreda jerked off the new gown.

Her temper was rising.
"This is what comes of cultivating freaks," she muttered, lapsing into her old rudeness.