In her heart she cared nothing for her class.

She had tried to be their leader, and Grace had supplanted her, but now Grace should pay for it.
All this passed through Miriam's mind as she covertly watched Grace, who was reassuring Anne for the fiftieth time, not to worry over the lost signals.
"Don't tell any one about it," she whispered to Anne.

"You may find them yet." Anne shook her head sorrowfully.

She felt in some way that those signals were bound to make trouble for her.
"By the way, girls," said Grace, addressing the team, "has any one any objection to Anne and Jessica staying to see the practice game?
They have seen all our work and are now anxious to see the practice game.

They know all the points, but they want to see how the new signal code works." "Of course not," answered the girls.