"Your hair's natural, isn't it?" Gloria asked.
"But yes."
"Have you ever had a permanent?"
"No."
"Then don't say its silly. If you brush a permanent all the wave comes
out."
Jackie laughed again and got into bed. "Well, at least you speak
French," she said. "At least we won't have to go through _that_
struggle with you."
"Oh, I went to a French school in Vevey before the war." Gloria gave up
on her tangles. "This is my fifth boarding school. I started when I was
six."
"How are you at hockey?" Erna asked.
Gloria shrugged and said, "Oh, not too bad," in a way that made Flip
know she was probably very good indeed.
"How about you, Philippa?" Erna asked.