Her trouble lay in the fact
that though she was a school officer from 9 A.M. to 4 P.M., out of those
hours her authority was non-existent. Iva and Nesta were hostel
monitresses, and they had quite plainly and firmly given her to
understand that they did not expect any interference. They were perfectly
within their rights, and Merle knew it, but she chafed nevertheless. The
fact was that Iva and Nesta, accustomed to the old traditions of 'The
Moorings,' when there were only about a dozen boarders, were quite unable
to cope with the new order of things, and girls who had been to other
schools took decided advantage of their slackness. Merle, whose motto was
'once a monitress always a monitress,' could not see why she might
reprove Norma Bradley in the playground, but must allow that damsel
ostentatiously to do exactly the same act in the recreation room under
her very nose.
"It's so bad for the kids!" she raged. "They know Iva and Nesta are weak
and just pretend not to notice, so as to have no fuss.
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