But she seems impervious to snubs . '' `` Edna , let 's play a joke on her . It will serve her right . Let us send an invitation in somebody 's name to the senior ` prom . ' '' `` The very thing ! And sign Sidney Hill 's name to it . He 's the handsomest and richest fellows at Payzant , and belongs to one of the best families in town , and he 's awfully fastidious besides . No doubt she will feel immensely flattered and , of course , she 'll accept . Just think how silly she 'll feel when she finds out he never sent it . Let 's write it now , and send it at once . There is no time to lose , for the ` prom ' is on Thursday night . '' The freshmen co-eds at Payzant College did not like Grace Seeley -- that is to say , the majority of them . They were a decidedly snobbish class that year . No one could deny that Grace was clever , but she was poor , dressed very plainly -- `` dowdily , '' the girls said -- and `` roomed '' herself , that phrase meaning that she rented a little unfurnished room and cooked her own meals over an oil stove . The `` senior prom , '' as it was called , was the annual reception which the senior class gave in the middle of every autumn term . It was the smartest and gayest of all the college functions , and a Payzant co-ed who received an invitation to it counted herself fortunate . The senior girls were included as a matter of course , but a junior , soph , or freshie could not go unless one of the senior boys invited her . Grace Seeley was studying Greek in her tiny room that afternoon when the invitation was brought to her . It was scrupulously orthodox in appearance and form , and Grace never doubted that it was genuine , although she felt much surprised that Sidney Hill , the leader of his class and the foremost figure in all college sports and societies , should have asked her to go with him to the senior prom . But she was girlishly pleased at the prospect .
She was as fond of a good time as any other girl , and she had secretly wished very much that she could XXXXX to the brilliant and much talked about senior prom .
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