We have loads of money, but what good does that do me if I can't get a chance to spend it?
I'd fail in all my exams if I dared, but Pa knows I'm not a wooden head, and I'd just have to try it again somewhere else.

So I'll have to let well enough alone or get in deeper than I am now." The stout girl leaned back in her seat and surveyed the trio of girls through half-closed eyes.

"Where did you girls come from and what are your names ?" she asked abruptly.

"Partners in misery might as well get acquainted, you know." Grace introduced her friends in turn, then said: "My name is Grace Harlowe, and we three girls live in the city of Oakdale." "Never heard of it," yawned the girl.

"It must be like Fairview, our town, not down on the map.