gh,
you won't! You're new. I quite forgot."

"I do happen to know that girl's name, though," responded Geraldine,
pleased to be able to satisfy her companion's curiosity. "It was
Phyllis--Phyllis Tressider, or some such name as that."

"Who's that talking about me?" said a sharp voice behind her; and
Geraldine, turning round with a start, found herself looking into a
pair of angry blue eyes as the owner of the name came up to the table
on which the two girls had been sitting. The new girl gave an
uncontrollable recoil and looked apprehensively towards her new friend,
who, however, appeared wholly unconcerned at Phyllis's truculent
attitude.

"All right, Phil. Keep your hair on, old girl," she said affably. "I
was only asking Geraldine Wilmott a question which she answered."

"What was she saying, though? I won't have her going telling sneaky
tales about me all over the place," said Phyllis, still regarding
Geraldine fiercely.

"Oh, rot, Phil! Don't make such a how-d'ye-do about a silly little
matter," said Jack, sliding down from the table on which she had
hitherto been perched. "I say, Geraldine, has anybody shown you round
the school yet? No? Then come along and let me do the honours. It
will fill up time nicely until the supper bell goes. There's only an
hour to get through before then."

And Geraldine, only too glad to escape from the vicinity of Phyllis
Tressider, made haste to follow her out of the Lower Fifth sitting-room.

CHAPTER IV

AN INCIDENT IN THE DARK

"That's the dining-hall, as you know," said Jack, as she guided
Geraldine past the big room in which tea had taken place. "This
passage leads out to the Chapel. Like to see it? Come along, then,
and I'll take you to have a look."

The Chapel at Wakehurst was part of the original Priory buildings, and
such restoration as was necessary had been done with due regard to the
beauty of the old architecture. Geraldine gazed round with admiration
as Jack held the door open for her to look in.

"We always have prayers in here," said Jack, closing the door quietly.
Then as the two girls walked away, she added: "We have prayers twice a
day, you know--to say nothing of Sundays! On Sundays one of the
curates from St. Peter's comes up to the school to take the Early
Service and Matins, and those who want to, go down to St. Peter's on
Sunday evenings. Sunday evenings aren't compulsory though, so long as
you've attended both morning