With her usual kindly interest in the success of others Grace, on her return from the Christmas holidays, entered into the candy making with spirit and energy, doing much to help fill the rush of orders.

Try as they might the caramel supply was always running out, for the students found the delicious home-made caramels quite to their taste and they grew daily more popular.
The Harlowe House girls were extremely proud of the growing fund in the treasury.

One and all, with the exception of Evelyn Ward, they begged so earnestly to be initiated into the mysteries of caramel making that they were sworn to secrecy at a special meeting of the club and divided into caramel-making squads.

It was also decided to make candy only twice a week, on Wednesday and Friday evenings, and set Thursday and Saturday as the days for selling the caramels, which were put up in neat half-pound and pound boxes.
But while this little enterprise was being carried on with a will Evelyn was merely an indifferent onlooker.

True she belonged to one squad of the candy makers, but she usually managed to be absent when they worked.
Apparently she was not interested in the financial affairs of the Harlowe House Club.