“We will! She’s nothing but a Lower Schoolgirl, and we won’t tolerate her being imposed upon us!”
“She’ll be so conceited at finding herself a Senior!”
“We’ll soon take her pride down, then!”
“She’ll meet with a few snubs here, I’ll undertake to say!”
“If Miss Duff is going to bring up all the rank and file like that there’s no credit in being in the Fifth!”
“It’s a positive insult to the rest of us!”
So decided Georgina’s new classmates,
jealous for the prestige of their Form,
and annoyed at the indignity which they considered they were made to suffer in admitting a younger girl among their number.
To Georgina or her feelings they gave not a thought. If she met with an unpleasant experience all the better;
it might deter Miss Duff from repeating the experiment.