`` I hate going to Miss Braxton 's . '' Florrie was a newcomer in Winboro . Her father had recently come to take a position in the largest factory of the small town . For this reason Florrie was slighted at school by some of the ruder girls and severely left alone by most of the others . Some , it is true , tried at the start to be friends , but Florrie , too keenly sensitive to the atmosphere around her to respond , was believed to be decidedly dull and mopy . She retreated further and further into herself and was almost as solitary at Miss Braxton 's as if she had been on a desert island . `` They do n't like me because I am plainly dressed and because my father is not a wealthy man , '' thought Florrie bitterly . And there was enough truth in this in regard to many of Miss Braxton 's girls to make a very uncomfortable state of affairs . `` Here 's a letter for you , Flo , '' said her brother Jack at noon . `` Got it at the office on my way home . Who is your swell correspondent ? '' Florrie opened the dainty , perfumed note and read it with a face that , puzzled at first , suddenly grew radiant . `` Listen , Jack , '' she said excitedly . `` Dear Florrie : `` Nan is confined to house , room , and sofa with a sprained foot . As she will be all alone this afternoon , wo n't you come down and spend it with her ? She very much wants you to come -- she is so lonesome and thinks you will be just the one to cheer her up . `` Yours cordially , `` Maude Wallace . '' `` Are you going ? '' asked Jack . `` Yes -- I do n't know -- I 'll think about it , '' said Florrie absently .
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