There was another dead silence, but this one was less oppressive. As long as Madeline had not proposed Eleanor Watson, they all felt less embarrassed. As for Georgia Ames, nobody but Roberta and Mary remembered anything about her, and Mary's recollection was only a vague feeling that she had heard the name before. As soon as she had found out that "Georgia Ames" was Roberta, she had lost all interest in the name; and the rest had not noticed it at all, supposing naturally that it had no significance except as Roberta's nom de plume. Roberta and Madeline had observed this indifference to Georgia's personality, and had agreed between themselves to keep silent until the right time came for Georgia's introduction to "The Merry Hearts."