Miss Mills had finished her lecture and the class in "Lit. II" was makingits leisurely exit, when Jean Eastman caught up with Morgan.

"Glad you have gone into the great and only," she exclaimed with a hearty hand-shake. "And what do you think about the Lady Eleanor's latest escapade?"

"I don't know what you mean, Jean," exclaimed Morgan quickly, rememberingDorothy's hint, and wondering why Eleanor hadn't come to chapel, sincePolly was there, and she and Eleanor would surely have come backtogether.

"Why, resigning from Dramatic Club, of course. Didn't she consult youabout it?"

"Jean, do you mean that Eleanor--has resigned--from Dramatic Club?"Pleasure and bewilderment struggled for the mastery of Morgan's face.

"Yes," said Jean carelessly. "Funny you hadn't heard of it, because it really isthe talk of the whomle college. She sent a note in Saturday evening, itseems, but nobody outside heard of it till this evening, and now we'reall speculating over the whys and wherefores. The Clio girls say that ifshe did it because she thought she'd rather go into that, she will bedoomed to everlasting disappointment. For my part I don't think that washerreason." Jean's tone hinted of deep mysteries.

"0f course not," exclaimed Betty indignantly. "Can't they see, Jean, that agirl has got to have a gigantic, splendid reason for doing a thing like that?"

"A big reason all right, but I don't know about the splendor," returnedJean cheerfully, shouldering her way across the stream of girls in thehall to join Beatrice Egerton.