What had they all been munching, and where did they get it from?
Private supplies of cakes and sweets were utterly forbidden at The Woodlands.

Their prohibition was one of the strictest rules of the school, to break which would be to incur a very severe penalty from Miss Teddington.

Was this the explanation of Tootie's rather enigmatical remarks down by the stream?
"If that's their precious secret, and they're just being greedy, I'm too disgusted with them for words!" commented Lizzie, when informed of the discovery.
Saturday and Monday passed with quite exemplary behaviour on the part of the juniors.

The keenest vigilance could discover nothing.

But on Tuesday Lizzie came across another clue.