‘Oh, yes. I believe she is. She’s got Mods next term.’
‘Oh, poor girl! She has a great admiration for you.’
‘Has she? I don’t know why. I seem to remember ticking her off rather brutally.’
‘Well, you were fairly firm with me. But I agree with Miss Cattermole. Absolutely, I mean, we agree about having a great admiration for you.’
‘How nice of you,’ said Harriet, inattentively.
‘Yes, really. Rather. I’ll never forget the way you tackled that fellow Jukes. Did you see he got himself into trouble only a week or so later?’
‘Yes. I’m not surprised.’
‘No. A most unpleasant wart. Thoroughly scaly.’
‘He always was.’
‘Well, here’s to a long stretch for comrade Jukes. Not a bad show tonight, don’t you think?’
Harriet pulled herself together. She was all at once tired of Mr. Pomfret and wish
