Kirsty said little--she was not given to over-praising people--but Winona felt she noticed and approved.
Among the season's fixtures perhaps the most important was the match with the Seaton Ladies' Hockey Club that was to come off on March 7th.
Their opponents possessed a fair reputation in the city, so it would behove the school to "play up for all they were worth," as Kirsty expressed it.

It would be a glorious opportunity of showing their capabilities to the world at large, and demonstrating that they meant to take their due place in local athletics.
Three days before the event, Kirsty appeared in the morning with the air of a tragedy queen.
"What's the matter ?" queried Patricia.

"You've a face as long as a fiddle!" "Matter enough! Barbara Jennings is laid up with influenza! What'll become of the match I don't know.

It makes me feel rocky.

Where's Margaret?
I want to confab.