He felt really blue over it . And it was awfully bad form to go out with Spencer as you did and stay there so long . And you ought n't to flirt with him -- he does n't understand the game . '' `` I 'm not going to flirt with him , '' said Miss Thayer calmly . `` Oh , I suppose it 's just your way . Only do n't turn the poor fellow 's head . By the way , Ned is coming up with his camera tomorrow afternoon to take us all . '' `` I 'm afraid he wo n't find me at home , '' said Violet sweetly . `` I am going out to Loon Lake with Mr. Spencer . '' Mrs. Hill flounced off to bed in a pet . She was disgusted with everything , she declared to the Major . Things had been going so nicely , and now they were all muddled . `` Is n't Madison coming up to time ? '' queried the Major sleepily . `` Madison ! It 's Violet . She is behaving abominably . She treated poor Ned shamefully tonight . You saw yourself how she acted with Spencer , and she 's going to Loon Lake with him tomorrow , she says . I 'm sure I do n't know what she can see in him .
He 's the dullest , pokiest fellow alive -- so different from her XXXXX every way . ''
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