You know what a temper Ruth Deane has and how ferocious she can look?
Well, the minute she heard it she went back there like a flash, looking for all the world like a thunder cloud.

She talked for a moment to Edna and Eleanor.

They tossed their heads, but they didn't hiss any more." "What did Ruth say to them ?" asked Grace curiously.

"It must have been something remarkable, or they wouldn't have subsided so suddenly." "It was," giggled Jessica.

"She told them that if they didn't stop it instantly, the juniors would pick them up bodily, carry them downstairs to the classroom and lock them in until the game was over." "How absurd!" exclaimed Grace.