A passage inside the dormitory gave access to the cubicles, which were in fact separate little bedrooms, except that the partition walls, for purposes of ventilation, did not reach the ceiling.

At present the fourth cubicle in Dormitory 2 was unoccupied, but its furniture was rather curiously arranged.

One of the beds had been pulled close against the partition, and a chest of drawers, with the drawers removed, had been placed upon it.
"I fixed it up last night, and it was a job," whispered the Cuckoo.
"Good thing I'm strong.

Now we've got to climb on that, and you'll see what you'll see!" Ulyth had an uneasy consciousness that she ought not to be mixed up in such a business; but, after all, the girls often scrambled up and peeped into one another's cubicles for a joke, so her action would not be without precedent.

She was a very human person, and liked fun as well as anybody.