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think she's one of the world's seven wonders? She's got pale golden
hair, bobbed like angels in pictures, and a pointed face like a pixie,
and a voice like a princess.' ' Golly 1 Where is she? ' said the others,
with interest. ' Will she be in our form? ' ' She's down in the hall,'
said Hilary. ' She arrived in the biggest car I've ever seen, with a
crest on the panels, and two chauffeurs.' ' Let's go and see her,' said
Pat. So the five of them went into the corridor, and hung over the stair
banisters to see the newcomer. She was still there-and it was quite
true, she did look a bit like an angel, if an angel could be imagined
dressed in school uniform, carrying three beautiful tennis rackets 1 '
She's lovely, isn't she?' said Bobby, who not being at all lovely
herself, always admired beauty in others. ' Yes -I bet Alison will
follow her round like a dog. Alison isn't happy unless she's thinking
some one is just too wonderful for words 1' Alison came up at that
moment. She was the twins' cousin, a pretty, feather-headed little
thing, with not many brains. ' Hallo!' she said. ' Did I hear you
talking about me? ' ' Yes,' said Hilary. ' We were just saying that
you'd be sure to like that school-girl angel down there. Did you ever
see anything like her? ' Alison leaned over the banisters-and, just as
the others had guessed, she immediately lost her heart to the new girl o
She looks like a princess from a fairy-tale,' said Alison. I'll go down
and ask her if she wants to be shown round a bit.' Alison sped
downstairs. The others grinned at one another. ' Alison has lost her
heart already.' said Pat. ' Poor old Alison-the wonderful friends she's
made and lost I Do you remember Sadie, the American girl, and how Alison
was for ever saying, " Well, Sadie says so and so ", and we made a song
about it and sang it? Wasn't Alison cross?' ' Yes, and when she was in
the second form she thought the drama mistress was simply wonderful, and
when she was in the third form she lost her heart to the head-girl and
made herself a perfect nuisance to her,' said Janet. ' Really, the times
Alison has lost her heart to people, and they never think anything of
her for it.' 'Funny old feather-head,' said Pat. 'Look at her, taking
the angel's arm and going off with her, all over her already!' ' There's
another new girl down there too,' said Bobby. ' She looks rather
forlorn. Well, I do think Alison might take her round as well. Hie,
Alison!' But Alison had disappeared with the golden-haired angel. The
twins went down the stairs and spoke to the other new girl. ' Hallo I
You're new, aren't you? You'd better come and see Matron. We'll take
you.' ' What's your name?' said Pat, looking at the new girl, who was
trying not to show that she felt new and lost. ' Pauline Bingham-Jones,'
said the new girl in rather an affected voice. ' Yes, I'd be glad if
you'd tell me what to do.' ' Well, Matron is usually here to see to all
the new girls,' said Hilary, a little puzzled. ' I wonder where she is?'
' I haven't seen her at all,' said Pat. ' She wasn't here when we came,
either.' ' Funny,' said Isabel. ' Let's go to her room and find her.
We've got to see her, anyway.' They went to Matron's room, taking
Pauline with them. They banged on the door. They liked Matron, though
they were very much in awe of her. She had been at St. Clare's for years
and years, and some of the girls' mothers, who had also been at St.
Clare's, had known her too. A voice called out. ' Come in!' ' That's not