"I hope it will be some day," said Jane. But Sally's blue eyes were proclaiming something—something far removed from the honor and glory promised by her junior sponsor.
And even Bobbie's insistent joking could not dispel that strange foreboding.
"Sally!" charged Jane, noting her sudden preoccupating, "are you seeing things?"
"Why?" A flush suffused the face just showing the tell-tale lines of fatigue.
"I sometimes think you two girls are base deceivers," Jane joked.
"You change your cast of countenance as quickly as—"
"Now Janie, you leave our little star alone," ordered Judith. "Seems to me any girl would be flustered after a first night of this kind."
"Of course," dimpled Jane. "Here, children, please take these things. I will be held responsible for them and there's no telling who might take a notion to cover her couch with that lovely silk scarf."
They gathered up the precious trophies, flags and scarfs. Then the lights were out at last.