Cornie Dean was among them, and Elise and A.O.Mary, looking out of the window, heard the familiar voices, and feeling that their questions and sympathy would be more than she could bear, caught up her hat and hand-baggage, and ran over to Betty's room to wait there until time to go.
"No, I can't see any of them, _please_." she begged, when Betty came in to say how distressed and shocked they all were to hear about Jack, and to know that she was leaving school.

They were all crying over it, and wanted to see her, if only for a moment.
"No," persisted Mary.

"It would just start me all off again to hear one sympathetic word, and my eyes are like red flannel now.

I've already said good-bye to Madam, and I'm going to slip out without speaking to another soul." "You'll have to speak to Hawkins," said Betty.

"For he is lying in wait for you with such a box of lunch as never went out of this establishment before.