Her brains were like a clock with a broken cog.

Sometimes they would work easily, and on other days she seemed quite unable to grasp the most obvious problems.

A lively imagination may be a very delightful possession, and of use in the writing of history and literature exercises, but it cannot supply the place of solid facts, nor is it of the least aid in mathematics, so Winona's form record was not high.
The hockey season would commence at the beginning of October, but during September, while the weather was still warm, the girls continued to play cricket on Wednesdays.

The school was fortunate enough to possess large playing fields; these adjoined the public park, in itself a big area, so that quite a fine open space lay below the buildings.

One afternoon, just as Winona was having her innings, Elsie Mainwaring uttered a cry, and pointed overhead.