"If we simply stop for ten minutes after school and vote, I'm afraid it may fall rather flat.

But if every form has its festival to elect its own warden, it will make the council seem a much more important business.
We'd like to be allowed to stay till about half-past five, if we may, so that there would be time to have some fun over it.

We'd promise not to make a mess with our picnicking." Miss Burd, looking rather astonished, nevertheless consented.

She was a wise woman, and believed in permitting a certain amount of liberty, within limits.
"You may try it this once," she conceded.

"But it's on the distinct understanding that you're all on your good behavior.