Tom remained with Grace.

He had a boyish admiration for this straightforward, gray-eyed girl and made no secret of his preference for her.
Inside of an hour the sound of girls' voices outside proclaimed the fact that the boys' mission had not been in vain.

The girls had been informed by their escorts of the afternoon's happenings, but Grace and Tom were obliged to tell the story all over again.
"I hope Julia Crosby's ice bath will have a subduing effect upon her," said Nora.

"I am glad, of course, that she didn't lose her life, but I'm not sorry she got a good ducking.

She deserved something for the way she dragged Anne into that game of crack the whip." "Let's talk about something pleasant," proposed Reddy.
"Me, for instance," said Hippy, with a Cheshire cat grin.