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Noticing Marjorie’s evident fatigue, Mrs. Hadley suggested that the party break up in order that the girls might go to bed.

The morning, however, failed to bring Marjorie a fresh point of view. All the way out she brooded over her experience, seeking, if possible, to consider it from the girls’ angle. She felt sure that it was not personal insult to her companion and herself that troubled her, but the effect of such conduct upon the offenders themselves. What kind of homes could they come from, in which such blatant rudeness would be overlooked or tolerated? Did their parents know what they did with their spare time, had they met their associates and friends? How would it be possible ever to hope to touch them, to influence them to something better?

Then her thoughts strayed to other girls of their type, and she fell to wondering how they too passed their time. Perhaps this little group was on a slightly higher plane, protected as they were by the settlement, and supervised by Miss Winthrop.