`` He is an awfully fine fellow , '' said Mr. Hill heartily , `` and I 'm delighted to have met the ` little sister ' he used to talk so much about . I want you to come ever and meet my mother and sister . They have heard me talk so much about Max that they think almost as much of him as I do , and they will be glad to meet his sister . '' Mrs. Hill , a handsome , dignified lady who was one of the chaperones of the prom , received Grace warmly , while Beatrice Hill , an extremely pretty , smartly gowned girl , made her feel at home immediately . `` You came with Sid , did n't you ? '' she whispered . `` Sid is so sly -- he never tells us whom he is going to take anywhere . But when I saw you come in with him I knew I was going to like you , you looked so jolly . 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 XXXXX 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 .
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