lived in the same street and gone to the same kindergarten together, and their mothers had been old

mund, admiring her far more vivacious ways and appearance, glad to be in

were over, but the time that Rosamund had fixed for meeting Lucy Merri

begins to-morrow. What are

ain in a few minut

han't be a bit sleepy if I am walking out in the moonlight.

you mean

ere not to go out after half-past

n't begin until to-morrow, so I can

with a languid curiosity, which was all she

She heard people talking below her in the shrubbery. A few words fell distinctly on her ears,

a novel which she was reading, so she

a steady, pursed-up expression about her mouth. Sh

ter? Why shouldn't we have the win

osamund. "I will open it if you wish in a few minutes. I have changed m

on our very last evening of freedom, take you

s you please. Only, creep in quietly when I

ear, if you have a headache. B

er all, this is a small sort of school, an

d not hel

s you who shut the window just now. How can you expect, on a h

ling it open!" said Ro

hing noise of steps-solitary steps-on

s Lucy Merrim

he voice, an

down? I am waiting

d at once

ith Lucy you meant to walk? She wa

ot going down,"

o-night," said Jane.

an angry voice when her friend put in her head once more. "What

her friend in s

hy you wanted to walk with her.

is house too hot for her. She shall go and live with her aunt Susan, or she shall know her place. I, Rosamund Cunliffe, know my own power, and I m

was fast asleep; but Rosamund lay awake for a lo

t and stimulating the different professors. Then the English mistress, Miss Archer, knew so much, and was so tactful and charming; and Mademoiselle Omont knew her own tongue so beautifully,

g Rosamund why she did not keep h

getting Miss Archer out of the way, for she was talking to me so nicely and so wisely, I can tell you, I was

hange my mind," said Rosamund, h

end. She gave me to understand last night how much she liked me, and how much she meant to help me with my studies. I believe from what she says that she considers I shall be quite

mund in a calm voice. "Then be t

id Lucy, with a laugh; and Rosam