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 carnation very carefully . In the second place , Mrs. Hill was saying to her eldest son , `` I liked that Miss Seeley very much . She seemed a very sweet girl . '' And , finally , Agnes Walters and Edna Hayden were discussing the matter in great mystification in their room . `` I ca n't understand it at all , '' said Agnes slowly . `` Sid Hill took her to the prom and he must have sent her those carnations too . She could never have afforded them herself . And did you see the fuss his people made over her ? I heard Beatrice telling her that she was coming to call on her tomorrow , and Mrs. Hill said she must look upon ` Beechlawn ' as her second home while she was at Payzant . If the Hills are going to take her up we 'll have to be nice to her . '' `` I suppose , '' said Edna conclusively , `` the truth of the matter is that Sid Hill meant to ask her anyway . I dare say he asked her long ago , and she would know our invitation was a fraud . So the joke is on ourselves , after all . '' But , as you and I know , that , with the exception of the last sentence , was not the truth of the matter at all . The Penningtons ' Girl Winslow had been fishing -- or pretending to -- all the morning , and he was desperately thirsty .
He boarded with the Beckwiths XXXXX the Riverside East Shore , but he was nearer Riverside West , and he knew the Penningtons well .
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