They were taking to hockey with wild enthusiasm and gave evidence of considerable promise.

As most of them were free at three o'clock, they got the chance of playing almost every day.

Kirsty was extremely anxious that these practices should be properly supervised.

She was too busy herself to take them personally, so she was obliged to delegate the work to anybody who had the spare time.
"The girls I want most are all at classes or music lessons," she lamented.

"Not a single one of the team's available.