"
"You can ring the bell," she said. "You must come in for a few
minutes."
Their entrance together seemed to cause the little family party a
certain amount of disturbed surprise. The girls greeted Brooks with a
great show of pleasure, but they looked doubtfully at Mary.
"Did you meet at the front door?" Selina asked. "I thought I heard
voices." Brooks was a little surprised.
"Your cousin brought her class of factory girls to my lecture to-night
at the Secular Hall."
Selina's eyes narrowed a little, and she was silent for a moment. Then
she turned to her cousin.
"You might have told us, Mary," she exclaimed, reproachfully. "We
should so much have liked to come, shouldn't we, Louise?"
"Of course we should," Louise answered, snappishly. "I can't think why
Mary should go off without saying a word."
Mary looked at them both and laughed. "Well," she said, "I have left
the house at precisely the same time on 'Wednesday evenings all through
the winter, and neither of you have said anything about coming with me."
"This is quite different," Selina answered, cuttingly.
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