The affair was to be a surprise for Mabel, but as Elsie also slept in the same dormitory it was necessary to secure her cooeperation, in case she might give the alarm and summon a prefect.

Elsie, however, proved an easily won ally.
"I can't bear Mabel," she assured Irene.

"You may do anything you like to her as far as I'm concerned.

I shall pretend to be asleep.

Monica and Rosamonde and Winnie can't stand her either.