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`` But , since you have given your promise to your friend , we will do what we can for Maud . '' The girls also promised their aid . And so , for the time being , the matter was settled . By half past two that afternoon Mr. Warren 's launch with its party of pleasure seekers was well under way . The `` Automobile Girls '' had gathered in one end , and were enthusiastically commenting on the beauty of the scenery . Miss Sallie had been conscientiously trying to cultivate Maud Warren , and rather than antagonize her in the beginning had exerted herself to be agreeable to the De Lancey Smythes . Mrs. De Lancey Smythe , however , had other views afoot than the cultivation of Miss Sallie , and had immediately engaged in conversation with Mr. Stuart .