Westover would not close for another fortnight, but examinations were over, and the girls could enjoy themselves with an easy mind. Dolly found herself depending upon Dick Martin rather more than she had expected to do. "Am I not a better prophet than you thought?" he asked one day when Fred and Mary had disappeared. "I am afraid that you are." "Afraid! I beg your pardon, but I do not understand you. I imagined that you would be quite pleased to find that Fred appreciated Miss Sutherland." "But she does not appreciate him!" "You are sure?" "Positive." Dick gave a low whistle. "I never thought of that phase of the subject, I'll confess. Fred is such a good fellow that I supposed anyone would like him." "Mary likes him, but that is all. He certainly cannot vie in interest in her mind with biology." "Poor Fred." Dolly sprang up. "I am not going to worry about Fred. Mary and he are good friends, and Fred is far too young yet to think of anything else." Martin indulged in a long laugh. "Don't let him hear you, or he will think that you do not appreciate his years and new dignities. As a matter of fact, more than fifty per cent. of the students here are engaged." "How unutterably foolish." "Why, pray?" "Because they are too young to know what they want, or what kind of women they really like. If they studied harder, they would not be getting into so much mischief." "Then you think the boys should wait until--" "Until they are not boys," finished Dolly abruptly. "Come and let us hunt up the others." And for the remaining days of the visit, Dolly was unapproachable, though why she acted just so, was a matter which she herself could not have explained very satisfactorily. There had been considerable discussion over the summer plans. The Aldens and Newbys went to the Thousand Isles finally, though Mr. Alden insisted that another year they must try the seashore. Rob Steele had gone directly from Harvard to Philadelphia, and was working hard in Mr. Newby's office. He had not broken down during his senior year, but he had been very near doing so. Later in the summer he and Fred might go camping for a fortnight in the Adirondacks, but he refused all invitations to the Islands. "He could afford neither the time nor the money, for such a delightful outing." Constance and her mother had gone to England for the summer. Margaret Hamilton and her mother were spending the warm weather at a pleasant farmhouse near Westover. Dolly and Beth heard from both the girls frequently. Margery Ainsworth had found tutoring to do--and was perfectly happy in consequence. She begged her father to let her try and find some work the next year; she was sure that she could find something which she was capable of doing, but her father would not listen.