She's gone by now.

She only stayed ten minutes, to see Miss Bowes, but it was ten minutes to some purpose.

Do you know what she's actually proposed ?" Addie's listeners were as eager now as they had been languid before.
"Go ahead, can't you ?" urged Lizzie.
"Well, the whole school's to go camping for three days." This indeed was news! "Stunning!" "Spiffing!" "Ripping!" "Scrumptious!" burst in a chorus from the elated four.
"Details, please," added Ulyth.

"When and where, and how, and why ?" "Is it a Camp-fire business ?" asked Lizzie.
"Of course it is or Mrs.Arnold wouldn't be getting it up.

It's happened this way.