"What do you think!" she whispered, gleefully.

"She gave me ten dollars! She was lovely, too, and didn't scowl at all.

I wished her a Merry Christmas, and she asked me to take luncheon or dinner with her some time after Christmas.

Miss Taylor wasn't there." Grace was on the point of replying humorously that she hoped Arline would not share Elfreda's fate when the hour to dine came round.

She checked herself in time, however.