shillings for board and lodging, and spent or saved the rest as
their impulses dictated.





CHAPTER 2





Ada brooded over her wrongs; Beatrice glanced over _The Referee_.
Fanny, after twirling awhile in maiden meditation, turned to the
piano and jingled a melody from 'The Mikado.' She broke off
suddenly, and, without looking round, addressed her companions.

'You can give the third seat at the Jubilee to somebody else. I'm
provided for.'

'Who are you going with?' asked Ada.

'My masher,' the girl replied with a giggle.

'Where?'

'Shop-windows in the Strand, I think.'

She resumed her jingling; it was now 'Queen of my Heart.' Beatrice,