Every girl who could has worn it." "What's the 'Old Bench' ?" "Down in the basement here at school there's a bench under the stairway in the dark.

The boys and girls have signals.

One boy will get permission to go out at a certain time, and a girl from his room, or another room, will go out too.

It's all arranged beforehand.

They meet down on the Old Bench." "What for ?" "They meet to spoon." "I find the names Hardy Mackay, Captain Thesel, Dick Swann among these notes.