She believed that it was the last touch needed to make her the avowed leader of her class.

She even dreamed that the basketball captaincy might one day be hers.

To be sure Grace had Nora on her side, and Nora was one of the regular players, but the other two players were Miriam's faithful allies.

That made three against two, and the second team had practically declared in her favor.

Grace would have to do differently if she expected to keep the captaincy.
Meanwhile Grace was finding the captaincy of a team divided against itself anything but satisfactory.