The three Briarwood friends had had no such company heretofore.
With Helen she went to Briarwood Hall to boarding school, and there her acquaintance rapidly widened.
"If we go to college together, it will never seem like Briarwood Hall," Helen sighed.
Mary had, soon after Ruth entered Briarwood Hall, taken a dislike to the younger girl.
Nobody had seen her depart, but it was a fact that she had disappeared from Briarwood Hall sometime during the afternoon.
