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`` It does seem ages to wait , '' agreed Elinor . `` After I turn mine in tomorrow morning , I 'll be consumed with curiosity to see the others -- particularly Doris Leighton 's . '' `` What do you think ? '' cried Patricia radiantly , swooping down on Elinor as she came slowly out of the portrait room at high noon on the momentous Tuesday . `` What _ do _ you think , Elinor Kendall ? I 've gotten ` Honorable Mention ' for my silly little old head ! Is n't it wonderful ?