"
"I'm glad she plays _Katherine_," said Richard Kendrick decidedly. "I
can't imagine your sister in boots! I've no doubt, though, she'd make
them different from other boots--if she wore them!"
"Of course she would," agreed Ruth. Then she began to talk about
something else, for a bit of fear had come into her mind that Rob
wouldn't enjoy all this discussion of herself, if she should know about
it.
She was such an honest young person, however, that she had a good deal
of difficulty, when she had done her errand and was at home again, in
not telling Roberta of her meeting with Richard Kendrick. She did
venture to ask a question.
"Is Mr. Kendrick invited for to-night, Rob?"
"Not by me," Roberta responded promptly.
"He might be, by one of the girls, I suppose?"
"The girls invite whom they like. I haven't seen the list. I don't
imagine he would be on it. I hope not, certainly."
"Why? Don't you think he would enjoy it?"
"No, I do not. Musical comedies are probably more to his taste than
amateur productions of Shakespeare. But I'm not thinking about the
audience--the players are enough for me." Then, suddenly, an idea which
flashed into her mind caused her to turn and scan Ruth's ingenuous young
face.
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