Mimi at Sheridan School

ning black hair, wide dark eyes which were never looking squarely at you but beyond you; slim hands with shapely well cared for nails. She was sensitive and shy and lived way down inside o

it was supper at Sheridan every night but Friday; then it was dinner with candle salad (pineapple with a banana standing i

the reticence any longer-"Do you want

to finish then f

he gasped. "Y

n dark-blue dress with the white collar and cuffs was flattering to Mimi and eve

when mine come

them long enough,

e moved out of the chair and flopped on the edge of the bed. But B

my gosh! What have I done now? Believe me I was relieved when she told me about the wire from Laura Lou's dad. Of course, I'm terribly disappointed. The worst of it is I could have got Magdalene or Lida or anyone I wanted." Betsy did n

her eyes away quickly. She knew about second choices. "It's just as if Mimi knew about me," she

r head as if it were hurting and

ibly," Mimi laughe

courage I have, I shall plain

sound like Olivia already and I lo

Sue murmured, "I just

e on," u

yone else to room with you"-Sue hesitated-"you

Mimi clappe

hoosing and not to being chosen. When she saw Sue's round happy face

anced wildly around the study table in anticipation, then started down the hall. Chloe wa

"Please excuse us, but you don't k

quietly as the three girls m

were bowed for the blessing

y Mimi during the blessing and all but fly

t "scheme" she had been "scumming"-Mimi had picked up many

inted with girls all over again. They

was Mimi who helped Sue throw her things together and shut her trunk. The janitor would bring it in the morning. They felt like intru

" a caller

y room

hought L

e and you all know Mimi by now I imagine. R

a dirty dig?"

nt," Bets

et is mine?" Sue asked

show her and to hel

a family conference." Mimi wanted to get them together to explain her

natured Sue who took order

two bedrooms with a connecting bath. The only difference I see in it and the other second floor rooms is that we don't have to use

ink she didn't know what a suite was. "W

and both dressers and fix the tables and chairs in the other room. We can put pillows on the trunks-that is your trunks-mine

!" fro

oe. The opinion of seco

right now!"

Jack, Betsy's grown brother. Mimi's tennis racquet and Betsy's tennis racquet were hung crosswise on the wall, the way Mimi had seen in pictures. The closet space was allotted, towel rods and tooth paste spaces designat

udly as the four tired girls relaxed in

a celebration,

quare tin box. "My treasure chest," she informed her suite mates

ne thing to make our plan perfect. A name for the suit

, licking her fingers. "I wanted to name

ugh," Betsy sa

, who had spoken only o

s the way I came in last night-tumbled in-and that will be the way we wi

s at camp once, M

't you make us a card fo

way she said it, Mimi knew it

r. She would make Chloe like her. She would like them so much they couldn't help but return it. Sheridan was n