"You are very sweet, Martine, about everything, and so different from what I thought of you that day we ran into each other at the car. Didn't I seem a little hateful when we were first introduced at Mrs. Weston's luncheon?"
"Oh--no--only a little stiff, but that was natural, when you think of our first meeting," and Martine laughed at the remembrance. "I can't imagine you out of temper, since I have really known you."
"Why, I have been feeling particularly savage about my trunk. You must have noticed how I spoke to the man in the express office."
"He deserved it, but really I didn't notice anything of that kind. You were really polite, considering you had lost a trunk."
"It is really a loss," responded Elinor, "even to Kate, and I wish that some one could explain what happened to it."
"It may simply be mislaid. Ten to one it may turn up to-morrow."
"Oh, I hope not. That would be exasperating, after all the trouble we have had to-day. I would almost rather that the trunk should stay lost. Then we could bring suit for damages."
"You can generally get only a hundred dollars on a single trunk, at least I remember hearing papa say that was all railroads would pay," said Martine sagely, "and what would that be among two?"
"You shouldn't have put all your eggs in one basket."
Elinor and Martine started at the sound of a strange voice, but looking up they saw Angelina standing at the door leading toward the dining-room. She had used a curious falsetto with which at times she liked to experiment.
"I just meant to remind you it's half-past four, and I heard Miss Elinor say she must be back at the hotel by five. You've just barely time, and if you please I'll carry the boxes for you."
Thus Angelina turned aside the reproof that might have been given her for listening at the door.
At the breakfast-table Class Day morning, Martine found an envelope addressed in Elinor's neat handwriting.
"You just must come with us," she read, as she broke the seal; "I had only half as good a time as I might have had last night, thinking of you. There must have been crowds of people you knew there. Kate's brother brought us four tickets for everything--even for Sanders Theatre this morning. So please be ready at ten. Telephone. Hastily, Elinor."