Oh! why couldn't mother have thought of some other way of economizing?
I don't want to win scholarships and go in for a career!" "Buck up! Perhaps you won't win! There'll be others in for the exam., you bet! You'll probably fail, and come whining home like a whipped puppy with its tail between its legs!" "Indeed I shan't!" flared Winona indignantly.

"I've a little more spirit than that, thank you! And why should you imagine I'm going to fail?
I suppose I've as much brains as most people!" "That's right! Upset the pepper-pot! I was only trying to comfort you!" teased Percy.

"In my opinion you'll be returned like a bad halfpenny, or one of those articles 'of no use to anybody except the owner.' Aunt Harriet will be cheated of her prey after all!" "If Win goes away, I shall be the eldest daughter at home," said Letty airily, shaking out her short skirts.

"I'll sit at the end of the table, and pour out tea if mother has a headache, and unlock the apple room, and use the best inkpot if I like, and have first innings at the piano." "You forget about the nursery governess," retorted Winona.

"If I go, she comes, and you'll find you've exchanged King Log for King Stork.