"
Nancy somewhat reluctantly consented to the plan, observing that
she didn't want to do the wrong thing. But it proved the right
thing, for not only did the friendly Biggerstaff come over to the
Bradleys tea-table, but he brought pretty Mrs. Biggerstaff, and
left her with the new-comers while he went off to find other men
and women to introduce. The Bradleys met the Roses, and the Seward
Smiths and gray-haired Mrs. Underhill, with her son, and his
motherless boys--the hour was confused, but heart-warming. When
the Bradleys went home in the Roses' car, they felt that they had
been honestly welcomed to Marlborough Gardens. Nancy was so
excited that she did not want any supper; she sat with Anne in her
lap chattering about the social possibilities opening before her.
"Rose tells me that the club dues are fifty a year," Bert said,
"and some of the bathhouses are five, and the others twenty each.
The twenties are dandies--twelve feet square, with gratings, and
wooden hooks, and lots of space. However, we don't have to decide
that until next year. Of course you sign for teas and all that but
the cards and card-tables and so on, are supplied by the club, and
the tennis courts and lockers and so on, are absolutely free.
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