I always thought she was perfectly beastly to Bess!" "So she was.

I wonder Bess will put up with her now.

I'm sure I wouldn't!" Bess, however, was of a forgiving disposition, and let bygones be bygones.

It is the only plan at schools, for girls are generally so frank in the nature of their remarks that if you begin to treasure up the disagreeable things said to you, and let them rankle, you will probably find yourself without a chum in the world.

Though the fashion may be for plain speaking, it is often a matter of mood, and the mate who genuinely believes you a "blighter" one day, will claim you as a "mascot" with equal persuasion on the next.