I shall make a personal appeal to each sophomore for Miss Briggs." "Then I suppose rather than bring down a hornet's nest about our ears, we might as well tell you that the majority of the class know nothing of this.

A number of sophomores, with a view to the good of the college, decided themselves to be justified in sending the letter to Miss Briggs.
We do not wish young women of her type at Overton, and Miss Briggs will do well to go elsewhere.

She will never be happy at Overton." "Is that a threat ?" asked Grace quickly.
Alberta merely shrugged her shoulders in answer to Grace's question.
"You may call it what you please," remarked Mary Hampton sullenly.
"Thank you," said Grace gravely.

"I think I have a fair idea of the situation.

I believe I know too, just how many sophomores were concerned in the writing of the letter, and am sure that their adverse opinion will neither make nor mar Miss Briggs.