on spec.

It was a shame I wasn't allowed to eat them!" Miss Kelly, very keen on upholding discipline in her new hostel, considered that she had successfully squashed an incipient flirtation, and kept a stern eye on all the elder girls, and most particularly on Winona, for fear some repetition of the offense might occur.

The boarders were justly indignant.
"Too bad!" was the general verdict.

"Winona's not a scrap that sort of girl really, if Miss Kelly only knew.

It's absurd to make such a fuss." Out of sheer bravado and love of mischief, the remaining occupants of Number 2 dormitory waved not only handkerchiefs but towels from the balcony when they heard the whirring of the aeroplane overhead, enjoying the exciting sensation that any moment they might be pounced upon by Miss Kelly.