"You say that Miss Molly, 'looking more lovely than ever in her handsome new gown, greeted her guests with a roughish smile.'" "A what ?" demanded Louise, horrified.
"A 'roughish' smile." "Oh; that's a mistake," she said, glancing at the item.

"What I said was a 'roguish' smile; but there's been a typographical error which Miss Briggs must have overlooked in reading the proof." "Nevertheless," remarked Arthur, "the statement isn't far wrong.
Everything was rough, including the smiles, as far as I noted that remarkable gathering." "But--see here!" cried Patsy; "that's a dreadful mistake.

That spoils all the nice things you said about the girl, Louise.

I hope the Sizers won't notice it." But the Sizers did, and were frantic with rage over what they deemed was a deliberate insult to Molly.

Several young men who had come from distances to attend the birthday party had stayed over Sunday at the farmhouse, where the revelry still continued in a fitful way, due to vain attempts to relieve racking headaches by further libations.