It was a brillant idea. Even Sisse knew that while her mom might like Alice her mom also was... tactiturn about such things. But a professor was something of a different sort altogether. "She could hardly say no!" Sisse gushed, her smile getting wider. "Oh, Alice, it will be wonderful!" She flopped to lay back on Alice's bed after the last of the vials had been safely tucked in. "And until then we can write! And we shall have to endeavor to find some way for you to visit." She continued on brightly, looking at her friend as if all the frustrations of traveling home had evaporated. They might not have, not really, but for a moment they did.