And you 're really the sister of that splendid Dr. Seeley who saved Murray 's life last summer ? And to think you 've been at Payzant nearly a whole term and we never knew it ! '' `` Well , how have you enjoyed our prom , Miss Seeley ? '' asked Sid , as they walked home together under the arching elms of the college campus . `` Oh ! it was splendid , '' said Grace enthusiastically . `` Everybody was so nice . And then to meet someone who could tell me so much about Max ! I must write them home all about it before I sleep , just to calm my head a bit . Mother and the girls will be so interested , and I must send Lou and Mab a carnation apiece for their scrapbooks . '' `` Give me one back , please , '' said Sid . And Grace with a little blush , did so . That night , while Grace was slipping the stems of her carnations and putting them into water , three little bits of conversation were being carried on which it is necessary to report in order to round up this story neatly and properly , as all stories should be rounded up . In the first place , Beatrice Hill was saying to Sidney , `` Oh , Sid , that Miss Seeley you had at the prom is a lovely girl . I do n't know when I 've met anyone I liked so much . She was so jolly and friendly and she did n't put on learned airs at all , as so many of those Payzant girls do . I asked her all about herself and she told me , and all about her mother and sisters and home and the lovely times they had together , and how hard they worked to send her to college too , and how she taught school in vacations and ` roomed ' herself to help along . Is n't it so brave and plucky of her ! I know we are going to be great friends . '' `` I hope so , '' said Sidney briefly , `` because I have an idea that she and I are going to be very good friends too . ''
And Sidney went upstairs and put away a single white XXXXX very carefully .
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