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cocksure Amanda - and the confident cocksure June. My word, how ! do dislike them both!'
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When Amanda had made up her mind to do something, she did it immediately. As soon as she had got outside the door she looked out for a second-former, and she saw Susan.
'Hey, you - what's your name - Susan!' she called. 'Go and find June, tell her f want her, and send her up to my study/
Susan sped off, wondering what June had done. As a lule the second-former^ were only sent for when they needed lecturing about something. She found June and delivered the message.
June was surprised. Amanda, as far as she knew, hadn't even bothered to know her name, though she had seen the big sixth-former watching the lower-form tennis practice and swimming several times. She looked at Susan.
'I'm sure it's not me she wants,' she said. 'It's someone else. Anyway, I haven't done anything wrong - and if somebody was going to tick me off, it wouldn't be Amanda. It would be Sally or Darrell. I'm not going. I don't like Amanda.'
'But you must go/ said Susan, shocked at the idea of June disobeying a sixth-form order. 'Even if it's a mistake, you ought to go and find out.'
'I'm busy/ said June. 'Leave me alone. I'm the one that will get into trouble for not going, not you. But I shan't, don't worry! Amanda meant someone else, not me.'
Susan went oil All riizht - let lime disobey Amanda
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il she wanted to. Susan had delivered the message. It was just like June's silly obstinacy. She hated being ordered about by the bigger girls.
Amanda went to her study and waited. She had no real interest in June beyond the tact that she had certainly noted June's decided gift for games. She just wanted to coach her to prove her point. She sat and waited lor the second-former to come.
She waited five minutes, patiently, knowing that it might take Susan a little time to find her. Then, most impatiently, she waited another five minutes. She got up, annoyed,, and went to the door to see if by any chance June was there and had knocked, and she hadn't heard her.
The passage outside was empty. Amanda went to the window and looked. Down in the garden she saw June, walking with two or three others, talking animatedly, she yelled out of the window.
'June! Come here! Didn't Susan give you my message?'
June pretended not to hear. Amanda yelled again. The others nudged June and pointed to the shouting Amanda. June reluctantly detached herself and went under the window.
'Come up to my study at once/ ordered Amanda. I've already been wailing ten minutes and more!
The other second-formers laughed at June's annoyed lace. 'Now you're for it!' called Katherine. 'What have \on been up to, June? You're in for a good old wigging!'
June couldn't think of anyxhmg she had done. She had hated being hauled indoors in front of all the others. >he went in sulkily and stood outside Amanda's door, she knocked sharply. Amanda had expected a soft, rpologetic knock and she jumped.
'Come in,' she said. June went in and shut the door ioo loudly. She would show Amanda she didn't stand in ■uc of sixth-formers, however high and mighty they
thought themselves!
It was not a good beginning lor any co-operation between them. Amanda was annoyed, June was cross
'I suppose Susan didn't give you my message?' said Amanda.
'Yes, she did,' said June.
'Then why on earth didn't you come?' demanded Amanda.
I thought you'd made a mistake,' said June. 'I didn't know you even knew my name.'
'What a feeble excuse!' said Amanda and, indeed, it did sound rather feeble, even to June, as she said it.
June scowled. She waited to hear what she had done wrong. She half expected to see a Punishment Book ready on the table, but there was none. All the sixth- formers had Punishment Books, in which they wrote down anv punishment they meted out to lower-formers who had offended in some way. Usually the punishment was lines to learn and repeat.
I wish she'd tell me what I've done,
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une
J\wfiyiAt( (ink J
When Amanda had made up her mind to do something, she did it immediately. As soon as she had got outside the door she looked out for a second-former, and she saw Susan.
'Hey, you - what's your name - Susan!' she called. 'Go and find June, tell her f want her, and send her up to my study/
Susan sped off, wondering what June had done. As a lule the second-former^ were only sent for when they needed lecturing about something. She found June and delivered the message.
June was surprised. Amanda, as far as she knew, hadn't even bothered to know her name, though she had seen the big sixth-former watching the lower-form tennis practice and swimming several times. She looked at Susan.
'I'm sure it's not me she wants,' she said. 'It's someone else. Anyway, I haven't done anything wrong - and if somebody was going to tick me off, it wouldn't be Amanda. It would be Sally or Darrell. I'm not going. I don't like Amanda.'
'But you must go/ said Susan, shocked at the idea of June disobeying a sixth-form order. 'Even if it's a mistake, you ought to go and find out.'
'I'm busy/ said June. 'Leave me alone. I'm the one that will get into trouble for not going, not you. But I shan't, don't worry! Amanda meant someone else, not me.'
Susan went oil All riizht - let lime disobey Amanda
TcS
il she wanted to. Susan had delivered the message. It was just like June's silly obstinacy. She hated being ordered about by the bigger girls.
Amanda went to her study and waited. She had no real interest in June beyond the tact that she had certainly noted June's decided gift for games. She just wanted to coach her to prove her point. She sat and waited lor the second-former to come.
She waited five minutes, patiently, knowing that it might take Susan a little time to find her. Then, most impatiently, she waited another five minutes. She got up, annoyed,, and went to the door to see if by any chance June was there and had knocked, and she hadn't heard her.
The passage outside was empty. Amanda went to the window and looked. Down in the garden she saw June, walking with two or three others, talking animatedly, she yelled out of the window.
'June! Come here! Didn't Susan give you my message?'
June pretended not to hear. Amanda yelled again. The others nudged June and pointed to the shouting Amanda. June reluctantly detached herself and went under the window.
'Come up to my study at once/ ordered Amanda. I've already been wailing ten minutes and more!
The other second-formers laughed at June's annoyed lace. 'Now you're for it!' called Katherine. 'What have \on been up to, June? You're in for a good old wigging!'
June couldn't think of anyxhmg she had done. She had hated being hauled indoors in front of all the others. >he went in sulkily and stood outside Amanda's door, she knocked sharply. Amanda had expected a soft, rpologetic knock and she jumped.
'Come in,' she said. June went in and shut the door ioo loudly. She would show Amanda she didn't stand in ■uc of sixth-formers, however high and mighty they
thought themselves!
It was not a good beginning lor any co-operation between them. Amanda was annoyed, June was cross
'I suppose Susan didn't give you my message?' said Amanda.
'Yes, she did,' said June.
'Then why on earth didn't you come?' demanded Amanda.
I thought you'd made a mistake,' said June. 'I didn't know you even knew my name.'
'What a feeble excuse!' said Amanda and, indeed, it did sound rather feeble, even to June, as she said it.
June scowled. She waited to hear what she had done wrong. She half expected to see a Punishment Book ready on the table, but there was none. All the sixth- formers had Punishment Books, in which they wrote down anv punishment they meted out to lower-formers who had offended in some way. Usually the punishment was lines to learn and repeat.
I wish she'd tell me what I've done,
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