{"product_id":"2940013157941","title":"MARJORIE DEAN, COLLEGE SOPHOMORE","description":"MARJORIE DEAN, COLLEGE SOPHOMORE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCHAPTER I\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE RETURN.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hamilton, at last!\" Marjorie Dean's utterance expressed her satisfaction\u003cbr\u003eof the journey's near end.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Yes; Hamilton, at last,\" repeated Muriel Harding. \"This September it\u003cbr\u003edoesn't matter a particle whether or not we are met at the station. We\u003cbr\u003eare sophomores. We know what to do and where to go without the help of\u003cbr\u003ethe celebrated Sans Soucians.\" Muriel's inflection was one of sarcasm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"All the help they ever gave us as freshmen can be told in two words:\u003cbr\u003e_no help_. Forget the Sans. I hate to think of them. I hope not one of\u003cbr\u003ethem is back. The station platform will look beautiful without them.\"\u003cbr\u003eJerry Macy delivered herself of this uncomplimentary opinion as she\u003cbr\u003ebegan methodically to gather up her luggage.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"How very sad to see two Hamiltonites so utterly lacking in college\u003cbr\u003espirit.\" Veronica Lynne simulated pained surprise.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Yes; isn't it?\" retorted Jerry. \"Whose fault is it that Muriel and I\u003cbr\u003ehaven't last year's trusting faith in reception committees? Recall how\u003cbr\u003ewe stood on the station platform like a flock of dummies with no one to\u003cbr\u003ebid us the time of day or say a kind word to us. No wonder my love for\u003cbr\u003ethe Sans is a minus quantity.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You aren't following your own advice,\" calmly criticized Lucy Warner.\u003cbr\u003e\"You said 'Forget the Sans' and went right on talking about them.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"'And thou, too, Brutus!'\" Jerry dramatically struck her hand to her\u003cbr\u003eforehead. \"It is getting to the point where one can't say a single word\u003cbr\u003earound here without being called to account for it. This distressing\u003cbr\u003estate of affairs must stop.\" She frowned portentously at Lucy, who\u003cbr\u003emerely giggled. \"You may blame Ronny for egging me on to further cutting\u003cbr\u003eremarks about the Sans. I was prepared to forget them until she\u003cbr\u003eundertook to call Muriel and I down. Then I simply had to defend our\u003cbr\u003eposition.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What position?\" innocently queried Ronny. \"I was not aware that you and\u003cbr\u003eMuriel----\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The train has stopped. Didn't you know it?\" was Marjorie's amused\u003cbr\u003einterruption. \"Stop squabbling and come along.\" She was already in the\u003cbr\u003eaisle and impatient to be on the move. \"Helen Trent is out on the\u003cbr\u003eplatform, Jeremiah. I just caught a glimpse of her. I hope Leila and\u003cbr\u003eVera are out there, too. Let me assist you into the aisle.\" Marjorie\u003cbr\u003eplayfully gripped Jerry's arm in a vain effort to draw her to her feet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Thank you. I can assist myself. I am not yet aged enough to require\u003cbr\u003eyour services. You may carry my suitcase, if you like. It's as heavy as\u003cbr\u003elead.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Charmed, but unfortunately I have one to carry equally heavy,\" Marjorie\u003cbr\u003ehastily declined. \"I only offered to haul you up from the seat. My offer\u003cbr\u003edidn't include luggage carrying.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You are a fake.\" Jerry rose and prepared to follow Marjorie down the\u003cbr\u003eaisle. As she went she peered anxiously out of the car windows for a\u003cbr\u003efirst glimpse of her particular friend, Helen Trent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe eyes of the other four Lookouts were also turned eagerly toward the\u003cbr\u003estation platform in search of their Hamilton friends.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA year had elapsed since first the Five Travelers, as the quintette of\u003cbr\u003eSanford girls had named themselves, had set foot in the Country of\u003cbr\u003eCollege. Each was recalling now how very strangely she had felt on first\u003cbr\u003eglimpsing Hamilton station with its bevy of laughing, chatting girls,\u003cbr\u003enot one of whom they knew. Then they had been entering freshmen, with\u003cbr\u003eeverything to learn about college. Now they were sophomores, with a year\u003cbr\u003eof college experience to their credit. What befell Marjorie Dean and her\u003cbr\u003efour Lookout chums as freshmen at Hamilton College has already been\u003cbr\u003erecounted in \"Marjorie Dean, College Freshman.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Hooray!\" rejoiced Jerry, from the top step of the train, waving her\u003cbr\u003ehandbag, a magazine and a tennis racket, all of which she clutched in\u003cbr\u003eher right hand. This vociferous greeting was for Helen, who was making\u003cbr\u003eequally vociferous signals of jubilation at the descending travelers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarjorie had also caught sight of Leila Harper and Vera Mason, and was\u003cbr\u003ewaving them a welcome. Lucy's eyes were fixed on Katherine Langly, whom\u003cbr\u003eshe knew had come down to the station especially to meet her. Veronica\u003cbr\u003eand Muriel were exchanging gay hand salutations with a group of\u003cbr\u003eSilverton Hall girls prior to greeting them on the platform. An instant\u003cbr\u003eand the Five Travelers were free of the train and surrounded.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"And is it yourself?\" Leila Harper was hugging Marjorie in an excess of\u003cbr\u003etrue Irish affection. \"Vera had a hunch this morning that you would be\u003cbr\u003ehere today. I said it was too early; that you wouldn't be here until the\u003cbr\u003efirst of next week. 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