So Madeline wrote the note, and Betty delivered it just after chapel the next morning, while the rest of the club lingered ostentatiously in corners of the hall to watch its reception. This was all that could have been desired, and "The Merry Hearts" never regretted their action. Dora was even busier than Rachel and could very seldom come to the gay evening gatherings, but she wore her pin, a Christmas present from Bob, as proudly as if it had been a Victoria cross; and, next to her friendship with Eleanor, the dearest memory she took away with her from Harding was her membership in "The Merry Hearts."