Especially as Dicky wrote it in and put this: 'Oswald acted a lie, which, he knows, is as bad as telling one.

But he owned up when he needn't have, and this condones his sin.

We think he was a thorough brick to do it.' Alice scratched this out afterwards and wrote the record of the incident in more flattering terms.

But Dicky had used Father's ink, and she used Mrs Pettigrew's, so anyone can read his underneath the scratching outs.
The others were awfully friendly to Oswald, to show they agreed with Albert's uncle in thinking I deserved as much share as anyone in any praise there might be going.
It was Dora who said it all came from my quarrelling with Noel about that rotten cricket ball; but Alice, gently yet firmly, made her shut up.
I let Noel have the ball.

It had been thoroughly soaked, but it dried all right.