Aminta was not the girl to let her.

Nor did Mr.
Cuper dare demand from Matey a sight or restitution of the young lady's half of the correspondence.

He preached heavily at Matey; deplored that the boy he most trusted, etc .-- the school could have repeated it without hearing.

We know the master's lecture in tones--it sings up to sing down, and touches nobody.

As soon as he dropped to natural talk, and spoke of his responsibility and Miss Vincent's, Matey gave the word of a man of honour that he would not seek to communicate farther with Miss Farrell at the school.
Now there was a regular thunder-hash among the boys on the rare occasions when they met the girls.