He did not see me, nor did he appear to be looking out for me.
Suddenly some one called "Seats!" an order that was so promptly obeyed that it left me standing alone near the door at which I had entered.
"Seats--can't you hear ?" said some one near me.

I made promptly for the first empty desk I could see.

The youth at the end of the row had his back partly turned, and it was necessary to push vigorously past him to arrive at my destination.
"Look out, you mule!" said he; "you trod on my-- Hullo, Sarah, how are you ?" and a friendly kick on the shins helped me wonderfully on my way.
It was my old acquaintance of the railway carriage; and next to him was the small youth who had been so terribly concerned about my costume in the morning.
He put his feet up on the desk in front, and gave me the option of climbing over or crawling under.

He was about three-quarters my size; but he had such an air of authority about him, that I hardly liked to suggest a third alternative, namely, that he should put down his feet and let me pass.

So I climbed over, much to his indignation (which he expressed by sticking a nib into me as I passed).
"I say," he began, "you'll catch it.