Produced by Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net A Pair of Schoolgirls By ANGELA BRAZIL "Angela Brazil has proved her undoubted talent for writing a story of schoolgirls for other schoolgirls to read."--=Bookman.= My Own Schooldays. Captain Peggie. Schoolgirl Kitty. The School in the South. Monitress Merle. Loyal to the School. A Fortunate Term. A Popular Schoolgirl. The Princess of the School. A Harum-Scarum Schoolgirl. The Head Girl at the Gables. A Patriotic Schoolgirl. For the School Colours. The Madcap of the School. The Luckiest Girl in the School. The Jolliest Term on Record. The Girls of St. Cyprian's. The Youngest Girl in the Fifth. The New Girl at St. Chad's. For the Sake of the School. The School by the Sea. The Leader of the Lower School. A Pair of Schoolgirls. A Fourth Form Friendship. The Manor House School. The Nicest Girl in the School. The Third Class at Miss Kaye's. The Fortunes of Philippa. LONDON: BLACKIE & SON, LTD., 50 OLD BAILEY, E.C. [Illustration: "'YOU'RE THE ABSOLUTE IMAGE!' DECLARED ALISON"] A Pair of Schoolgirls A Story of School Days BY ANGELA BRAZIL Author of "The New Girl at St. Chad's" "A Fourth Form Friendship" "The Manor House School" &c. _ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN CAMPBELL_ BLACKIE AND SON LIMITED LONDON GLASGOW AND BOMBAY _Printed in Great Britain by Blackie & Son, Limited, Glasgow_ Contents CHAP. Page I. A SCHOOL ELECTION 9 II. WHAT DOROTHY OVERHEARD 24 III. A RETROSPECT 39 IV. DOROTHY MAKES A FRIEND 55 V. A LITERATURE EXERCISE 68 VI. A PROMISE 84 VII. ALISON'S HOME 101 VIII. A SHORT CUT 120 IX. DOROTHY SCORES 132 X. MARTHA REMEMBERS 151 XI. ALISON'S UNCLE 169 XII. THE SUBTERRANEAN CAVERN 181 XIII. A SCHOOL ANNIVERSARY 199 XIV. WATER PLANTAIN 216 XV. A CONFESSION 229 XVI. THE WILLIAM SCOTT PRIZE 244 Illustrations PAGE "'YOU'RE THE ABSOLUTE IMAGE!' DECLARED ALISON" 110 _Frontispiece_