"It might not be worth while.
I have a theory that if one is right with one's conscience nothing else matters." Anne shook her head dubiously.

"That won't protect you from unpleasantness unless the girls think so, too.

Our freshman year is our foundation year, and if we allow any one even to think that we are not putting our best material into it, the shadow is likely to follow us to the very threshold of graduation.

It is easy enough to start a rumor but once let it gain headway, it is almost impossible to check it.

Nearly all of your sophomore year in high school was spoiled through standing up for me.