"Now, Philippa," Miss Redford said, "if you'll just show me where things are kept in the cupboards I'll be tremendously grateful. I thought we might do some modelling this term, and maybe if any of the things are good enough we'll have them fired. I found the clay but I would like to know where everything else is kept." Flip opened the cupboard doors and showed Miss Redford Madame Perceval's places for everything. She had just finished when the bell rang, and she said, "There's my bell so I'll have to go downstairs or Miss Tulip will give me a Tardy Mark. I'm glad Madame Perceval thought I could help." "You've been a great help." Miss Redford said warmly, "and if you don't mind I'll probably call on you again. Good-night, and thanks awfully." 7 The others were in the room when Flip got downstairs. "Was I embarrassed!" Gloria exclaimed. "What did she want?" "Oh, just to have me show her where Madame kept the things in the studio. Golly, I'm hungry. We always had something to eat before we went to bed during the hols." "Honestly," Gloria said, "I think she might have let us know she was a teacher and not just come in like a new girl." "She didn't have a uniform on," Jackie said reasonably. "Well, lots of girls don't when they come. I think teachers should look like teachers." Gloria was not ready to be pacified. "Percy didn't look like a teacher." "Yes, but she didn't look like a girl, either. What's she like, Pill, this Redburn or whatever her name is?" "Redford," Flip said, "And she seemed awfully nice." "If you think she's nice she must be, you were so crazy about Percy." "She said we were going to do things in clay," Flip said. "Aren't you going to go brush your teeth, Gloria?" "I've brushed them." "You have not," Erna cried. "You just this minute finished getting undressed." "I brushed them before I got undressed." "Oh, Glo, you fibber!" Jackie jumped up and down on her bed. "You're just plain dirty," Erna said rudely but without malice. "I am not!" Gloria started to get excited. "I did brush my teeth before I got undressed. So there!" "All right, all right!" Jackie said hastily. "Don't get in a fuss. I'm going to go brush _my_ teeth, though," and she looked meaningfully at Erna and Flip, who echoed her and followed her out into the corridor. "I bet she hasn't brushed her teeth," Erna whispered. "She just knows I have something to tell you that I'm not going to tell her. My father said I wasn't to go around telling people, but you're so crazy about Percy, both of you, I thought it would be all right." Miss Tulip bore down on them. "Girls! No talking in the corridors! What are you doing?" "We're just going to brush our teeth, please, Miss Tulip." "Go and brush them, then. I don't want to have to give you another Deportment Mark. Step, now." "Yes, Miss Tulip." "We'll meet in the classroom before breakfast," Erna whispered.