That was
hard on Missy, who loved words and what words could do. She wasn't
allowed much latitude with words even for "functions." "Function"
itself had turned out to be one of her most useful words since it
got by Ed Martin and, at the same time, lent the reported affair a
certain distinguished air.
It was at a function--an ice-cream festival given by the
Presbyterian ladies on Mrs. Paul Bonner's lawn--that Missy met
Archie Briggs.
She had experienced a curious, vague stir of emotions about going to
the Bonner home that evening; it was the first time she'd ever gone
there when Raymond Bonner wasn't present. Raymond was the handsomest
and most popular boy in her "crowd," and she used to be secretly
pleased when he openly admired her more than he did the other girls-
-indeed, there had been certain almost sentimental passages between
Raymond and Missy. Of course all that happened before her horizon
had "broadened"--before she encountered a truly distinguished person
like Ridgeley Holman Dobson.
Yet memories can linger to disturb, and Missy was accompanied by
memories that moonlit Wednesday evening when, in her "best" dress of
pale pink organdie, she carried her note-book to the Bonners' to
report the lawn-festival.
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