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“Didn’t any one speak to you?” inquired Miss Winthrop.

Marjorie flushed; she had not meant to mention the personal insults.

“Not to us—but at us!” supplied Lily.

“Of course, Mrs. Morgan did,” Marjorie hastened to add.

Miss Winthrop eyed Marjorie searchingly.

“Do you think that the girls are worth doing anything for?” she asked.

Marjorie remained silent for a moment; as yet she had not been able to settle that question to her own satisfaction.

“Yes, I think—maybe,” she replied slowly, “for the very reason that they are so young. Their characters surely aren’t fully developed yet, so I should judge somebody might do something with them. But I can’t imagine who the somebody might be.”

“It would have to be somebody whom they liked and admired,” mused Lily.

Miss Winthrop’s grey eyes flashed. “Yes, that’s just it, Miss Andrews. You have hit the nail on the head. That is the very reason I came out here to college this afternoon. The girls took a fancy to you and Miss Wilkinson!”

“What?” gasped Marjorie incredulously. “Surely you are mistaken, Miss Winthrop! If you could have been there, and have seen and heard for yourself——”