Dormitory 2 was naturally a scene of much confusion.

The girls tried to put on their own costumes and help each other at the same time.

Fil, as a Dresden China Shepherdess, needed much assistance in the settling of her panniers, and the arrangement of her curls, which by special permission from Mrs.Best had been twisted up in curl papers from four o'clock until the last available moment, and came out, much to Fil's satisfaction, in quite creditable ringlets.

The effect was so altogether charming that her room-mates called a general halt for admiration.
"You look like a mixture of Dolly Varden and Sweet Lavender, with a dash of Maid Marian thrown in," decided Verity.
"I hope my hair'll keep in curl! There's rather a damp feeling in the air," fluttered Fil anxiously.
"You could fly indoors, and give it a twist with the tongs, if it gets very limp," suggested Nora.
Nora herself was going as a personification of "The Kitchen." Her skirt was draped with dusters and dish-cloths, she wore a small dish-cover as a hat, clothes-pegs were suspended round her neck as a necklace, and she brandished a rolling-pin in her hand.
"I'm bound to be something comic," she assured the others.

"I'd never keep my face straight for a romantic character.