[Grace Harlowe’s Third Year at Overton College by Jessie Graham Flower]@TWC D-Link bookGrace Harlowe’s Third Year at Overton College CHAPTER XXII 15/16
So, Anne, you and Miriam had better get busy, too, and decide what yours will be, for we've all been found guilty of lacking college spirit, and we've got to make good." "I will pledge myself to collect the money for the refreshments as a further act of atonement," volunteered Anne. "And I will do the shopping for you when the money is collected," promised Miriam.
"Thanks to the careful training of J.Elfreda Briggs, I know what to buy and where to buy it." "But you are leaving nothing for me to do," protested Grace. "There will be plenty of things for you to do," declared Elfreda.
"You will have to keep an eye on us and see that we perform our tasks with diplomacy and skill." "It requires a great deal of diplomacy to make sandwiches, doesn't it, Elfreda ?" was Anne's innocent observation. "You know very well I wasn't referring to the making of the sandwiches," retorted Elfreda, with a good-natured grin.
"It is the delivering of the invitations that is going to require a wily, sugar-coated tongue.
The majority of the girls are not fond of either Alberta Wicks or Mary Hampton.
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