noon
Ruth and Helen , not to mention their fleshy chum , were soon at their ease with their neighbors ; nor did Miss Comstock prove such a bugaboo as they feared . Although the senior was a particularly silent girl , she had a pleasant smile and was no wet blanket upon the enjoyment of the dinner . At least , she did not serve as a wet blanket upon Jennie Stone . The fleshy girl 's appetite betrayed the fact that she had been stinted at noon , and that a diet of string beans was scarcely a satisfactory one . As they left the dining-room and came out into the wide , well-lighted entrance hall of the house , a lady just entering bowed to Jennie Stone . `` There she is ! '' groaned the fleshy girl .