We had our lunch down in a big mossy hollow by an old well--such a ROMANTIC spot.
Charlie Sloane dared Arty Gillis to jump over it, and Arty did because he wouldn't take a dare.

Nobody would in school.

It is very FASHIONABLE to dare.

Mr.Phillips gave all the Mayflowers he found to Prissy Andrews and I heard him to say 'sweets to the sweet.' He got that out of a book, I know; but it shows he has some imagination.

I was offered some Mayflowers too, but I rejected them with scorn.