Friday noon
Janice was getting very lonely and homesick . Every hour made the separation from her father seem harder to bear . And she had scarcely spoken to a soul save the Days and Walky Dexter since her arrival in Poketown . Friday noon came , and at dinner Janice desperately broached the subject of ` Rill Scattergood 's school again . `` I 'd love to visit it , '' she said . `` Maybe I 'd get acquainted with some of the girls . I might even attend for the remainder of the term . ''