Prissie
did not notice it, however. She went slowly up to her room. The
electric light was on, the fire was blazing merrily. Priscilla removed
her hat and jacket, threw herself into the one easy-chair the room
contained, and gave herself up to pleasant dreams. Many new aspects of
life were opening before her. She felt that it was a good thing to be
young, and she was distinctly conscious of a great, soft glow of
happiness.
CHAPTER XIII
CAUGHT IN A TRAP
COLLEGE life is school life over again, but with wide differences. The
restraints which characterize the existence of a schoolgirl are
scarcely felt at all by the girl graduates. There are no punishments.
Up to a certain point she is free to be industrious or not as she
pleases. Some rules there are for her conduct and guidance, but they
are neither many nor arbitrary. In short, the young girl graduate is
no longer thought of as a child. She is a woman, with a woman's
responsibilities; she is treated accordingly.
Miss Day, Miss Marsh, Miss Merton and one or two other congenial
spirits entered heartily into the little plot which should deprive
Priscilla of Maggie Oliphant's friendship. They were anxious to
succeed in this, because their characters were low, their natures
jealous and mean.
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