I promise not to give so much as a blink.

I wouldn't disgrace our stunt for the world.

I'll be a rigid marble statue till the curtain drops." "Sh! sh! Don't chatter so much," warned Jess.

"Aren't you ready yet?
Miss Morley's getting impatient." "It's nearly half past four, and I expect everybody is longing for tea," put in Irene.
"They'll have to wait for it till we've done our stunt.

We're not going to be left out," said Peachy, hurriedly taking her pose.
The allegorical scene in which the girls were grouped presented a pretty picture as the curtain rose.
In the center Agnes and Delia, dressed as Britannia and Columbia, supported the Union Jack and the Stars and Strips together with a bunch of camellias as a delicate compliment to the school; Jess, in plaid and tam-o'-shanter, stood for her native Scotland; Peachy, with fringed leather leggings and cowboy's hat, was a ranch-girl; Joan in a somewhat similar costume represented "the bush" in Australia; Sheila in a white coat trimmed plentifully with cotton wool made a pretty Canada; Irene was an Irish colleen; Mary, with bunches of mimosa, typified South Africa; and Esther, gorgeous in Oriental drapery and numerous necklaces, was an Indian princess.