She was possessed of a certain amount of dry humor, greatly appreciated by the form _en bloc_, though each quaked privately lest, through some unlucky slip, she might find herself the object of the smart but withering satires.
Despite her strictness, "Bunty" was popular.

She was an admirable tennis player, and a formidable champion in a match "Mistresses _v._ Girls." Her strong personality fascinated Winona, who would have done much to gain her approval.

So far, however, she was entirely on Miss Huntley's black list.
Matters came to a crisis over a difficult bit of Vergil.

Latin was, next to mathematics, the most painfully wobbling of Winona's shaky subjects.

She had puzzled in vain over this particular piece of translation.