These girls
felt that the tone of St. Benet's was lowered. Even Maggie Oliphant
sank in their estimation. A few went to the length of saying that they
could no longer include her in their set.
Katharine Hall, the scene of the auction itself, was, of course, now
the place of special interest. Heath Hall was also implicated in it,
but Seymour Hall, which stood a little apart from its sister halls,
had sent no student to the scene of dissipation. Seymour Hall was the
smallest of the three. It was completely isolated from the others,
standing in its own lovely grounds on the other side of the road. It
now held its head high, and the girls who belonged to the other halls,
but had taken no part in the auction, felt that their own beloved
halls were lowered, and their resentment was all the keener because
the Seymour Hall girls gave themselves airs.
"I shall never live through it," said Ida Mason, a Heath Hall girl to
her favorite chum, Constance Field. "Nothing can ever be the same
again. If my mother knew, Constance, I feel almost sure she would
remove me. The whole thing is so small and shabby and horrid, and then
to think of Maggie taking part in it! Aren't you awfully shocked,
Constance? What is your true opinion?"
"My true opinion," said Constance, "is this: it is our duty to uphold
our own hall and our own chums.
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