Rachel assured herself that it was safely out, then commenced further inquiries.
"We didn't mean any harm," explained Peachy, much on the defensive.

"We were only trying to amuse those juniors.

They never have a chance to get hold of the tennis courts, and they're tired of eternal basket-ball, and they've rather a thin time of it.

We started taking them up because they were so bullied.

Bertha and Mabel used to snatch their biscuits away from them at lunch." Rachel's face was a study.
"Bertha and Mabel snatched their biscuits ?" she repeated.
"Yes; we stopped that though." "_I_ never saw it!" "They took jolly good care you shouldn't." "Why didn't you come and tell _me_ ?" Peachy looked embarrassed.
"Well, if you really want to know," she blurted out, "you're so aloof and superior nobody cares to come and tell you anything.