"I am sorry to be a kill-joy, but one week will have to be my limit this year.

I wish I could spare two, but it's impossible." "I intended to speak of that," nodded Elfreda.

"I'd love to have you girls with me longer but I know that most of you are cramped for time.
So I'll be magnanimous and say, 'thank you for small favors.'" The subject of the reunion thus renewed, it was decided to hold it during the second week in August, and the six friends began an avid planning for it.

From that the conversation drifted back to Overton College, always a fruitful topic for discussion.

It was truly a heart-to-heart talk.