I believe we're going to have a fine mild spell and it will be just glorious.

I'm taking my 'Brownie,' so there'll be some snapshots to show we've been enjoying ourselves," retorted Nora briskly.

"You stay-at-homes will be sorry for yourselves when you hear our adventures!" To allow the weather ample chance of improvement, and perhaps also to give Miss Strong time to rest, the excursion was fixed for the last week of the holidays.

One morning in mid-April, therefore, found teacher and pupils meeting together on the platform of Grovebury station to catch the 9.25 train to Carford.

They wore jerseys and their school hats, and they carried their luggage according to their individual ideas of convenience.