To have secured such congenial room-mates was an asset for which she could not be sufficiently thankful.

Whatever troubles might await her downstairs, it was a comfort to know that she had three allies ready to flock to her support.
She had not known any of them well in the past, but as they seemed prepared to offer their friendship, she also was ready to act the part of chum.

By exchanging desks with Linda Slater, she managed to secure a seat next to Verity in school, and entered into an arrangement with her that they should supply the missing gaps in each other's notes, for Miss Strong often lectured so rapidly that it was impossible to keep up with her.
"I wish I knew shorthand," grumbled Ingred, comparing scribbles with Verity as the girls tidied their hair for tea.

"How anybody's expected to get down all Miss Strong tells us, I can't imagine! It's impossible." "I don't try," admitted Fil.

"At least I do try--I put a bit here and there, but I write so slowly, I'm only half-way through before she's bounced on to something else, and I've missed the beginning of it.