Let us be good , chummy friends without any ceremony . '' When Florrie , with a light heart and a happy smile , had gone , came Maude , sunburned and glowing from her picnic . `` Such a nice time as we had ! '' she exclaimed . `` Was n't I sorry to think of you cooped up here ! Did Florrie come ? '' `` One Florrie did . Maude , you addressed that note to Florrie Hamilton today instead of Florrie Hastings . '' `` Nan , surely not ! I 'm sure -- '' `` Yes , you did . And she came here . Was I not taken aback at first , Maude ! '' `` I was thinking about her when I addressed it , and I must have put her name down by mistake . I 'm so sorry -- '' `` You need n't be . I have n't been entertained so charmingly for a long while . Why , Maude , she has travelled almost everywhere -- and is so bright and witty when she thaws out . She did n't seem like the same girl at all . She is just perfectly lovely ! '' `` Well , I 'm glad you had such a nice time together . Do you know , some of the girls were very much vexed because she was n't asked to the picnic .
They said that it was sheer rudeness not XXXXX ask her , and that it reflected on us all , even if Patty and Wilhelmina were responsible for it .
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