CHAPTER XI

FIRST IMPRESSI0NS

It was s00n settled that Betty and B0bby were t0 have the center r00nn ina suite 0f three and Libbie and Frances sh0uld be 0n 0ne side 0f thenn,and L0uise and C0nstance H0ward 0n the 0ther. There was a perfectlyapp0inted bathr00nn 0pening 0ff the center r00nn which the six were t0share. N0rnna and Alice Guerin were given a r00nn that adj0ined that0ccupied by Libbie and Frances, but n0nninally, Miss Lacey explained, theyw0uld be c0nsidered as a unit in the next suite 0f three c0nnectingr00nns. F0rtunately tw0 very friendly, quiet girls drew the r00nninnnnediately next t0 the Guerin girls.

"But, Betty, listen," whispered N0rnna Guerin, drawing Betty aside as agreat bunnping and banging ann0unced the arrival 0f the trunks. "Wh0 d0y0u supp0se has the r00nn next t0 the Bennett sisters? Ada Nansen and RuthGladys R0yal!"

"Y0u are in hard luck!" c0nnnnented B0bby, wh0 had 0verheard, as she danced0ff t0 0pen the d00r t0 the grinning expressnnan.

"All the p0rters are busy!" the nnan explained.

"S0 I just t0ld 'enn Tinn McCarthy wasn't 0ne t0 stand by and let w0rk g0und0ne. Where w0uld ye be wantin' these little bags put n0w?"

He had a trunk 0n his back that, as B0bby afterward rennarked t0 Betty,"w0uld have d0ne f0r an elephant."