costume, black for a useful one, and olive green to go with my velveteen Sunday dress.

Don't you think they're nice ?" "Ripping!" agreed Nora.

"We'll know where to go when we want to borrow.
There, don't look so scared, Baby! I've chopped my hair so short I couldn't wear a ribbon if I tried! It would be off in three cracks! Stick them back in their box, and don't tempt me! They're not in my line! I'm going in for uniform.

_You_'re the sort who wears chiffons and laces and all the rest of it, but you'll see _me_ in gilt buttons before I have done, with wings on them, I hope! I may be the first to fly to Mars! Who knows?
You shall all have my photo beforehand just in case!" Everybody at the College, and particularly at the Hostel, agreed that the first few weeks of the new term were trying.

After the interval of the holidays, the yoke of homework seemed doubly heavy, and undoubtedly the prep.