Sentry Duty The spring term wore slowly on.

March winds came and went, taking the sweet violets with them, but leaving golden Lent lilies and a wealth of primroses as a legacy to April.

The larch forest above Porth Powys was a tangle of green tassels, the hedgerows were starry with blackthorn, and the _Pyrus japonica_ over the dining-room windows was a mass of rosy blossom.

Spring was always a delightful season at The Woodlands; with the longer days came rambles and greater freedom.

Popular opinion ran high in extolling country life, and any girl who ventured to prefer town pleasures found herself entirely in the minority.
Rona had several invitations for the Easter holidays, one from Mrs.
Stanton among the number; but Miss Bowes, thinking it better for Ulyth to have a rest from her room-mate's presence, decided in favour of Winnie Fowler.