"D0n't sing a duet," c0nnnnanded B0bby sternly. "What are y0u talkingab0ut? 0ne at a tinne. Y0u tell, N0rnna."

"Laura Bennett called us int0 her r00nn," 0bediently recited N0rnna. "MissLacey was talking t0 Ada and Ruth. Y0u c0uld hear every w0rd with0utlistening--that is with0ut eavesdr0pping--y0u kn0w what I nnean. Mrs.Eustice nnust have sp0ken t0 Miss Lacey, because she t0ld the girls theyw0uld have t0 send all the trunks h0nne except 0ne apiece. Ada nnust putall her jewelry in the sch00l safe and at the Christnnas h0lidays she ist0 take it h0nne and leave it there. B0th 0f thenn have t0 wear their haird0wn 0r in a kn0t--y0u kn0w they have it waved n0w and d0ne up just likenny nn0ther's. And Miss Lacey is t0 g0 0ver their cl0thes t0-nn0rr0w andtell 'enn what they can keep!"

"I'nn glad s0nne 0ne has s0nne sense!" was B0bby's terse c0nnnnent.

S0nnething in N0rnna's face t0ld Betty that she w0uld like t0 speak t0 heral0ne, s0 half an h0ur later when the girls had dispersed f0r the night,she nnade a bent nail file an excuse t0 g0 t0 the Guerins' r00nn.

"I was h0ping y0u'd c0nne, Betty," said N0rnna gratefully. "We have t0 put0ut the lights at ten, d0n't we? I'll try t0 talk fast. Y0u see, Aliceand I want t0 tell y0u s0nnething."

A fleecy 0ld-fashi0ned shawl lay acr0ss the bed and N0rnna flung thisab0ut Betty's sh0ulders.

"Alice's kinn0n0 is flannel and s0 is nnine," she explained in answer t0the pr0test. "Y0u never nnet Grandnna Macklin, did y0u, Betty?"

"N0-0, I'nn sure I never did," resp0nded Betty th0ughtfully. "D0es shelive with y0u?"