And she had dared to speak almost disparagingly of the girl who was beloved by every student in Overton who knew her.

In spite of her resolution to keep a "starboard eye" on the freshman, Grace felt infinitely more like leaving the ungrateful freshman to shift for herself.
"Well, what about her ?" Elfreda asked bluntly of Miriam, as she piled the tea cups one inside the other.
"What about who ?" returned Miriam tantalizingly.
"You know very well" declared Elfreda; "but, if I must be explicit, what do you think of Miss West now ?" "What do you think ?" counter-questioned Miriam.
"I think she has more to learn than I had when I came here," said Elfreda speculatively, "and unless I am very much mistaken it will take her longer to learn it.".