Their committees were conducted with as much solemnity as the meetings of
Cabinet ministers to decide the fate of a nation. They had taken the
burden of the future success of the school upon their youthful shoulders,
and it gave them huge satisfaction to think that so much depended upon
them. They practised cricket quite diligently, and made even the youngest
observe the rules, and they bandaged one another's arms and legs in
well-meant efforts at ambulance work. Their ambition soared as high as a
debating society, where they evidently allowed full freedom of speech on
popular topics, for Mavis, by mistake getting hold of one of their secret
notices, found the subject for discussion was: "_Monnitresses. Are they
a Neccessary Evil?_"
She showed it to Merle with much amusement.
"I should suggest, 'Need Spelling copy the Dictionary?' for their next
debate!" she laughed. "I wish I could creep in, Merle, and hear them
slanging you four. I expect they'll give you some hard hits. How
priceless they are!"
With the exception of Mavis the elder girls were not entirely in sympathy
with the new movement.
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