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“‘What do you want to do about it?’ I inquired, with curiosity.

“‘Just get the word to them we ain’t as bad as we look. And if they’ll condescend to come again, we’ll give ’em a serenade.’”

“Of all things!” cried Marjorie in astonishment, her eyes lighting up with pleasure. “So it was really John and Dick who made the hit!”

“Well,” returned Miss Winthrop, “it wakened them up to the fact that you aren’t old maids—like myself. And they couldn’t help admiring your dignity, though they did not realize it.”

“Was that all they said?” asked Lily, who by now was immensely amused at the whole affair.

“Not quite. I began to tell them something of your record in scouting—I knew it from Daisy—and I could see that they were impressed. It was Queenie who actually proposed that they turn their club into a scout troop and elect Miss Wilkinson captain and Miss Andrews lieutenant.”

Marjorie and Lily received this piece of information with bursts of laughter.

“Imagine those girls being Girl Scouts!” the former exclaimed. “The idea is absolutely ridiculous! They couldn’t have meant it!”