I feel sure that under the circumstances the absent members of both classes would agree with us if they were present.
Digging up a rusty old hatchet is nothing, but digging up a rusty old grudge is quite another matter.

We didn't come here to quarrel, but I appeal to you, as members of the junior class, to think before you do something that is bound to cause us all annoyance and perhaps unhappiness." There was complete silence after Julia finished speaking.

What she had said evidently impressed them.

Eleanor alone looked belligerent.
"Perhaps we'd better let the old hatchet alone," Daisy Culver said sullenly.

"The fun is all spoiled now, and everyone will know about it before school begins to-morrow." "Daisy, how can you say so ?" exclaimed Grace, who, fearing a scene with Eleanor, had hitherto remained silent.