Only one really stormy incident occurred during Winona's term at the hostel, and that had nothing to do with Miss Kelly.
One Saturday morning, when Winona, Betty and Doris were in the town shopping, they happened to meet Clarice Nixon, who stopped to chat, and ask for school news.
"I feel fearfully out of things now I've left," said Clarice.

"It'll be a stale winter without hockey." "Why don't you join a Club ?" suggested Winona.
"Shouldn't care to! It would be no fun to play with a team I don't know.
The Seaton Ladies' Club is the only decent one, and I hear they're so cliquey.

I wish we could get up an Old Girls' Hockey Club!" "Why, that would be simply glorious! What a splendiferous idea! Oh, do let us try! Then we could have a Past _versus_ Present match.

Oh! wouldn't it be precious ?" "Have you settled up your fixtures ?" "Very nearly." "Then we ought to get this thing in hand at once.

You're Games Captain, so you ought to organize it.